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Around 89% MGNREGA wages paid on time in FY18 so far, claims govt

Wages paid after 15 days of closure of muster rolls is considered delayed payment

Govt finds only 1.42% MGNREGA job cards fraudulent

The exercise was carried out without the use of Aadhaar as a source of authentication

Govt likely to keep MGNREGA labour budget for 2017-18 unchanged

Pending labour wages by the end of 2016-17 could be around Rs 3,000-4,000 crore

Centre's move to release MGNREGA funds early to help clear backlog only

Average daily wage under the MGNREGA for 2017-18 has been raised by a mere Rs 1 per day

Rural development ministry wants more funds for job scheme

This, despite the Revised Estimates for 2016-17 exceeding Budget Estimates by Rs 9,000 cr

Demonetisation may push demand for work under NREGA

Around Rs 43,499 cr was allocated for the scheme in this year's budget

Railways to provide some work under MGNREGA

Under MGNREGA, Railway Ministry and the Rural Development Ministry have identified construction and maintenance works to be carried

Sakina Dhorajiwala & Rajendran Narayanan: Rejected wage payments in MGNREGA

A wage payment to a labourer can be rejected for a variety of reasons, such as incorrect MIS entries and mismatch of names and bank account numbers

Govt to geotagg all assets created under MGNREGA

Every year the government allocates Rs 30,000-40,000 crore to MGNREGA to sponsor various works for creation of wages, employment and productive assets

89 cr person-days generated under MGNREGA in first quarter

So far Rs 30,000 cr has been allocated to the states under this scheme which is almost 78% of the total budget

Jharkhand block MGNREGA workers return Rs 5 wage hike to PM Modi

Workers 'expressed concern' at the 'meagre' hike as they felt that the central government was facing 'paucity of funds'

Centre releases Rs 12, 230 crore to states for MGNREGA

Fund release will take care of pending wage liability of states for FY16 and help them run the programme during FY17

Centre releases Rs 12,230 crore for MGNREGA

Ministry sources said that this is the biggest amount for the scheme released in one go by the ministry

New MGNREGA wages leave states in a quandary

They apprehend the new rates would not be able to attract labourers because they are still below the existing minimum wages fixed by the states

Rahul Gandhi uses MGNREGA card to target PM Modi

'Modi said its the worst scheme possible but won't bring an end to it for the world to see Congress' mistake,' Gandhi said

How 52 million Indians may depend on MGNREGA for 20 years

MNREGA guarantees 100 days of work a year to 52 mn people; that means about 260 mn (considering an average family of five) will depend on it over the next 20 years