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About six per cent of women with job cards reported having tried to apply for employment without success as no work was available for them. (Representational image: PTI)

Study identifies challenges in rural employment

18 Oct 2022 9:31 PM

Stalin said MGNREGS is considered as a "stable livelihood opportunity" in rural areas. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Release funds for MGNREGS payment, Stalin urges PM

Stalin said the entire amount of Rs 3,524.69 crore released from the Centre to Tamil Nadu during FY 2021-22 has been fully utilised

01 Nov 2021 2:25 PM

A small habitat of Visakhaptnam agency is posing a challenge to the Excise, Police and Revenue and not allowing them to enter the fields of Ganja cultivation. (Representational Image)

No connectivity attracts Sariyapalli tribals to ganja

ITDA's rule book became a major hindrance for the villagers who did not get the tribal benefits.

11 Oct 2017 6:42 AM

Mangrove saplings being readied for planting.

World Environment Day: Spreading green with mangroves

MGNREGS undertakes planting saplings, all in water.

05 Jun 2017 2:36 AM

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MGNREGS wages: Assembly seeks workers’ dues

State government asked Centre not only pay the dues but also compensation to workers for non-payment.

26 May 2017 2:35 AM

A recent clarification sought by the Ministry of Rural Development about 'discrepancies' in the accounts of 2015-16, for which satisfactory explanation was already given, has added to the mystery surrounding the non-payment of salaries.

Centre’s stand adds to the MGNREGS conundrum

This caused severe delay in payment of wages, and it also involved parking of funds at various levels.

24 May 2017 6:43 AM

Eventhough she has been denied wages for nearly 70 days, 62-year-old Sulochana has been working hard on cleaning work.

Rural job scheme hits a wall

The cleaning work was part of Haritha Keralam Mission done under Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

24 May 2017 6:35 AM

K.T. Jaleel

Kerala: Centre refuses to pay Rs 1,500 crore dues

Despite the shortage of funds, the minister said that the implementation of MGNREGS was implemented in a commendable manner during 2016-17.

10 May 2017 6:36 AM

MGNREGS labourers are forced to work without any shelter because the tents meant to provide them some respite from the burning sun have been kept by the field assistants in their own homes or for use at private functions.

NREGS officials keep tents meant for workers at home

The high temperatures have caused many labourers fall sick.

02 May 2017 6:53 AM

Students from Murudi headed to coastal districts.

It’s drought in Gadag, teens rush to coastal towns

Delay in settlement of wages is only due to technical reasons,” Murudi PDO Siddappa Yalavatti said.

24 Apr 2017 2:34 AM

Currently, the women, 10 in number, are busy digging a pond that is 6m long, 6m wide and 4m deep in the 14th ward of the panchayat.

Twenty MGNREGS members dig ponds in Kuttiady panchayat

The work is expected to be completed in the next four days.

27 Mar 2017 6:30 AM

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Not a single well recharged in six panchayats in Thiruvananthapuram

Lack of will in the said blocks is the reason for such a dismal number of well recharge projects, say MGNREGS officials.

03 Mar 2017 6:58 AM

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Kerala banks on MGNREGS but Centre has other plans

The state is already receiving a disproportionately high allocation under the MGNREGA schemes.

01 Feb 2017 1:23 AM

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Kerala seeks more in MGNREGS

The government will demand the Centre to include agriculture, weaving and bamboo processing in MGNREGS.

19 Jul 2016 1:52 AM

Land acquired by the government being fenced for Kakinada SEZ. (Photo: DC)

Kakinada SEZ: Villagers face uncertain future

Even relatively prosperous farmers who, once upon a time, led a good life and had a good reputation, have dropped below the poverty line.

24 Apr 2016 7:56 AM

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MNREGS to create assets

Over 45 lakh open wells form an integral part of water security of Kerala.

13 Feb 2016 7:11 AM

Telangana against cut in NREGS scope

Centre asked to continue with scheme

07 Jan 2015 7:35 AM

Hyderabad High Court

Andhra Pradesh government asked to explain for not paying cess to Workers Welfare Board

The cess was not deposited to the Board

06 Dec 2014 7:53 AM

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