As told to Parliament (December 5, 2023): 2,216 million persondays under MGNREGS generated this year

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Why MGNREGS workers sought police complaints against the PM

Non-payment of dues, insufficient funds cause for concern

How MGNREGA water conservation project turned a Rajasthan district into an Oasis

The greenery in Dungarpur district is a stark contrast to the desert state

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2021): 40% more MGNREGS person days in 2020-21

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Union Budget 2019-20: First time in five years, MGNREGA gets Rs 1,084 crore less

Budget allocation for Ministry of Rural Development gets Rs 5,200 crore extra

Prioritise and fast-track work on flagship rural schemes: Central report to states

The report is important as the current financial year ends on March 31

75 years of people’s power: How Yerlapady in Karnataka sourced funds to manage grey water

The village made efficient use of MGNREGS funds to construct soak pits

Union Budget 2020-21: An expert’s guide to rural distress

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has all the ingredients to deepen India’s farm crisis

MGNREGS falls short of funds again despite increased allocation in rural sector

Pending liabilities in the scheme means that workers’ wages are unpaid

Lack of budget, high demand slow MGNREGS

Deletions keep millions jobless despite the scheme seeing highest demand in a decade

MGNREGA: Less than a million people got 100 days of work in first 7 months of this financial year

Least number of people got 100 days of work under MGNREGA in 5 years

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Gujarat v UPA: models of non-governance?

Will the budget create a bang?

The 2015-16 Union budget will declare Modi government's development agenda

Drought but why

It is time we understood that since drought is human-made it can be reversed

Monsoon deficit spikes rural job demand under MGNREGS

Job demands in some states higher than recorded in COVID-19 pandemic

MGNREGS workers in Kerala to get pension

State and Centre to contribute Rs 1,000 each per head

Jairam Ramesh releases NREGS funds to Uttar Pradesh with conditions attached

Move coincides with Rahul Gandhi's public relations campaign in poll-bound state

West Bengal MGNREGS workers protest over stopping funds to scheme, non-payment of arrears

Protestors gather at chief labour commissioner office, ask for immediate action

Sunita's Bytes on Budget

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

As told to Parliament (March 23, 2022): Thermal plants coal stock at 39% of normative requirement

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Stark difference: MGNREGS demand in West Bengal plummets on paper, but villagers say desperate for work

Work demand dropped to 2.4 million in 2022-23 from 13.2 million 2020-21

Jairam Ramesh proposes making rural job scheme less labour-intensive

Revised MGNREGS guidelines to be finalised end of this week

UPA announces poll sop for tribals

Centre promises 150 days of work to tribal households under MGNREGA