Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister G. Parameshwara said the state government is fully prepared to deal with the prevailing drought situation and asserted that there is no shortage of funds for relief measures.It can be recalled that Parameshwara on Wednesday said that Karnataka is facing the worst drought in 150 years.Parameshwara added that the state was facing one of the worst drought situations in recent history, with rainfall remaining far below no…
Latest Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme News & Updates
Chennai, June 28 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) President Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday urged the Tamil Nadu government to immediately announce whether it will implement the Centre’s new 125-day rural employment scheme, warning that the continued uncertainty has left lakhs of rural workers in the state unsure about their livelihood. In a statement issued, Ramadoss pointed out that with only two days remaining before the scheme comes into force on July 1, Tamil Nadu is yet to make its position …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The new state government will not tolerate any opacity or corruption in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or the 100-day work that has been re-launched in the state recently. State Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal has issued strict instructions to district magistrates to increase monitoring of the implementation of the work and ensure accountability at every level, a government official said on Monday. This project has been restarted since the begi…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report, has said that out of 25.72 lakh works approved during 2019-20 to 2023-24 in the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), only 52.81 per cent were completed.The CAG report, which was presented in the state legislature on Wednesday, further stated that Rs 6,725.65 crore was spent on the completed works during the period, while Rs 5,361.02 crore was spent on incompl…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday moved a resolution in the Kerala Legislative Assembly under Rule 118, expressing deep concern and strong protest over what he described as the Centre’s “continued neglect and discriminatory” approach towards Kerala on a range of critical issues.Moving the resolution, the Chief Minister said a nation can command respect globally only when all its constituent states are secure, developed and prosperous.Weakening states…
Hyderabad, Feb 1 (IANS) The Centre has once again treated Telangana unfairly in the Union Budget, said Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.Reacting to Union Budget 2026-27 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Sunday, he said they expected allocations for various projects for Telangana, but the State received nothing in the Rs 53.47 lakh crore Budget.He told the media that despite Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, Cabinet Ministers, and Members of Parliament rep…
Chennai, Jan 22 (IANS) A sharp political confrontation erupted in the Tamil Nadu Assembly during the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address on Thursday, with the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK trading charges over the implementation and future of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The controversy was triggered when AIADMK MLA Thangamani alleged that the Governor’s address appeared to indicate a move to discontinue the rural employ…
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Telangana’s ruling Congress on Thursday decided to organise a series of protests across the state for 45 days, demanding restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The state Congress unit, at its meeting at party headquarters, Gandhi Bhavan, decided to fight against Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB G RAM G), which was recently passed by the Parliament to replace the MGNREGS.The meeting, …
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Telangana Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution, demanding continuation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) as it is and terming the recently passed Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB G RAM G) detrimental to the rights of the poor. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy tabled the resolution, which was passed unanimously by a voice vote.According to the resolution, the new law is against t…
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), accusing him of spreading falsehoods and failing to stand up to the BJP-led Union government over what he described as the systematic dilution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). In a strongly worded post on social media platform X, Stalin said that even the legally mandated …