New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Centre has released over Rs 17,744 crore as the first instalment towards the wage component for workers through direct benefit transfer under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for 2026–27, a senior official confirmed. For FY27, Rs 30,000 crore has been allocated to MGNREGA to clear pending dues before shifting to the upcoming VB-GRAMIN initiative, which has a budget of Rs 95,692 crore.By March 11, 2026, over Rs 81,500 crore was rel…
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Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) With the promise of a minimum daily wage of Rs 750, hundreds of Congress workers and labourers from Punjab on Friday staged a demonstration in support of their long-pending demands in front of the Vidhan Sabha here to mark International Labour Day. Led by state Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, the demonstration coincided with the special session convened by the Aam Aadmi Party government to mark Labour Day.Speaking on the occasion, Warring said the specia…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Central government has ruled out possibility of any disruption in the provision of wage employment to rural households under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) due to West Asian Conflict, an official statement said on Monday.Further, as a preparedness step for Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana–Gramin (PMAY-G), the government said it is prioritising timely Direct Benefit Transfers, real‑time monitoring through AwaasSoft, geo‑tagging…
Dang (Gujarat), March 20 (IANS) A farmer in Gujarat’s Dang district has received a permanent house with financial assistance from government schemes, reflecting the continued rollout of rural housing support in the region. Sonubhai Dokia, a resident of Jharan village who earns his livelihood through farming, received Rs 1,20,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) after applying through the local panchayat and submitting the required documents.He also received Rs 21,610 under the Mahat…
Gandhinagar, March 8 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Sunday, urged the people in Gujarat to reject both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, saying the “state needed a change in the entire political system rather than simply replacing one party with another”. Addressing a rally in Gandhinagar as part of the “Parivartan Lao, Kisan Bachao Yatra”, Kejriwal said the people of Gujarat should form a “government of the people” that would take decisions independently….
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on Sunday announced that the Congress party will support the nationwide strike called by various central trade unions on February 12 against the alleged anti-people legislations and policy measures promoted by the Union Government. In a press statement issued by the Odisha Congress, OPCC President Bhakta Charan Das said the party has been holding nationwide strikes, demonstrations, and hunger strikes in response to the centra…
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the AIADMK, accusing it of betraying agricultural labourers and rural workers by supporting what it described as the Union government’s “systematic dilution” of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).In a strongly worded statement, CPI State Secretary M. Veerapandian said the AIADMK’s proposed protest against the state government’s implementation of the rural employme…
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday called upon farmers across the state to unanimously oppose what he termed the “conspiracy” of the Union government in scrapping the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme and implementing the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act.He was speaking at the International Trade Fair–2026, Post-Harvest Agriculture – Farmers’ Empowerment and the State-level …
Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS) Criticising the Union Budget for 2026–27, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated that the state has received nothing, and “no high-speed rail will come to Bengaluru”.Notably, the Centre has announced the launch of a bullet train between Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Addressing the media on Sunday in Kanakapura town, Shivakumar said, “No high-speed rail will come to Karnataka. Which high-speed rail? No such rail will come to Karnataka. They do not have money ev…
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Slamming the AIADMK for “shamelessly copying” the DMK government’s welfare and development initiatives into its election manifesto, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday said the opposition party had a long record of making promises it never fulfilled and had no credibility to seek another mandate. Speaking at a public function in Karaikudi during his tour of Sivaganga district, Stalin said AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami had failed to i…