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December 16, 2025, 03:54 PM - 4 min read
Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while introducing the bill, said the government not only believes in Mahatma Gandhi but also follows his principles.
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December 15, 2025, 07:35 PM - 3 min read
Congress has mounted its attack against the government while questioning the move and terming it as a step that shows ‘hatred against Gandhi’ .Several leaders have questioned the removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s name from one of India’s largest welfare programmes.
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December 9, 2025, 06:14 PM - 3 min read
Framing the dispute as a matter of dignity and federal rights, Banerjee asserted, "Bengal has never bowed its head and never will. Bengal knows how to walk with its head held high. “She claimed that vast sums of money for the rural jobs scheme remain pending from the Centre.
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October 28, 2025, 03:32 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order, which had directed that the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), the 100-day job guarantee scheme, be implemented prospectively in West Bengal from August 1, 2025.
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September 4, 2025, 05:54 PM - 2 min read
This will allow additional works to be undertaken as per the actual demand for employment in rural areas, particularly for the repair and restoration of damaged infrastructure.
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May 19, 2025, 05:56 PM - 2 min read
According to police, the accused were involved in a fraudulent scheme where several contracted agencies received payments from the government without completing the assigned work or supplying the required materials under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
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February 23, 2025, 05:21 PM - 2 min read
A large group of JKHA members gathered near the Press Enclave, holding banners and shouting slogans, demanding immediate action from the government to improve their living conditions in Jammu and Kashmir.
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February 11, 2025, 02:19 PM - 3 min read
Singhal, a 2000-batch IAS officer, was arrested for allegedly embezzling crores of MGNREGA funds in Khunti.
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January 11, 2025, 06:34 PM - 2 min read
The matter came to light during a recent District-Level Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee meeting, where Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal raised concerns over MGNREGA works amounting to Rs 18 crore completed over the past 10 months.
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December 23, 2024, 05:18 PM - 2 min read
Thousands protested in Churachandpur, Manipur, demanding unpaid MGNREGA wages. Villagers, citing delays of over two months, insisted on receiving payments before Christmas. The Village Council criticised directives linking wages to unrelated social work, calling it a rights violation.
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December 20, 2024, 10:02 PM - 3 min read
In the current fiscal year, over 35 lakh MGNREGS job cards were deleted for various reasons, while 38 lakh new job cards were issued. Minister Kamlesh Paswan assured that job cards cannot be deleted solely due to non-linkage with Aadhaar.
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October 27, 2024, 04:11 PM - 2 min read
A report by The Hindu reveals that over 8.4 million workers were removed from the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between April and September 2024, with Tamil Nadu being the hardest hit, as the deletions coincide with the government's push for the Aadhaar-Based Payment System.
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