[ad_1] Gujarat Titans batters Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 cricket match against Chennai Super Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India registers highest proportional increase of new COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia: WHO The highest proportional increase of new COVID […]
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[ad_1] EPFO earmarks up to 85% of its equity investments into ETFs tracking the Nifty 50, which had added Adani Enterprises in September 2022. File EPFO subscribers are captive investors of two Adani stocks The aftermath of the Hindenburg Research report may have made several large investors rethink their exposures to the Adani group. But […]
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[ad_1] Working under MGNREGS: Women workers begin desilting work as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Nidigattu village near Bheemunipatnam in Visakhapatnam district on April 23, 2020 | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR From being called a “living monument of failure” to “digging holes,” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment […]
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[ad_1] European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium | Photo Credit: Reuters EU approves 10th package of Russia sanctions on anniversary of invasion The European Union, after hectic last-minute haggling, has approved a tenth package of Russia sanctions on the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Swedish EU Presidency said late on […]
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[ad_1] Representational image of villagers from Odisha’s Kalahandi district under the MGNREGS | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout States must contribute to MGNREGS wages, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh The financial burden of wages to the beneficiaries of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) should also be shouldered by State governments, in order […]
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[ad_1] Following persistent demands from the State, the Union Government has revised its recent order limiting the number of works that can be taken up simultaneously under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in a panchayat. Minister for Local Self Governments M.B. Rajesh said that the Union Ministry of Rural Development has […]
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[ad_1] Workers of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in West Bengal who have been not paid their wages since December 2021 have filed police complaint against programme officers of MGNREGS. The complaint was filed across four districts on Thursday under Sections 417 (cheating) and 418 (cheating despite knowing the loss) of the […]
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[ad_1] The delay in payment of wages has pushed MGNREGS workers in West Bengal to the brink. Shiv Sahay Singh reports on the allegations of corruption against the State government, the Centre’s reluctance in releasing payments, and the plight of the workers caught in this tussle The delay in payment of wages has pushed MGNREGS […]
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[ad_1] About 53 % reported having had to skip a meal, according to Hunger Watch Report 2021 About 53 % reported having had to skip a meal, according to Hunger Watch Report 2021 At a time when West Bengal politics seems to be centered around recovery of piles of cash in connection with a […]
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[ad_1] The Union government has made a significant reduction in the labour budget allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Kerala compared to the previous year. The State has been allocated 6.5 crore man-days of work this year, while the achievement of the previous year was 10.59 crore man-days of […]
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