With a new Modi government rural job guarantee set to replace NREGA, a look at what the UPA’s social security initiative had ...

It guaranteed on-demand access to at least 100 days of wage employment per rural household, with an explicit legal obligation on the state to provide work or pay unemployment allowance. Although the ...

The VB–G RAM-G Bill proposes a major revamp of India’s rural jobs programme, increasing guaranteed work to 125 days, focusing ...

In India, talking about money is still uncomfortable. People are hesitant to disclose income, especially if it’s informal, ...

India proposes legislation to expand its rural employment scheme, increasing guaranteed workdays from 100 to 125 per ...

Kerala’s Minister for Local Self Government, MB Rajesh, has alleged that the union Government is attempting to dismantle the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) through ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi-led Central government over its reported move to change the name and structure of the Mahatma Gandhi ...

Agriculture is known as the backbone of the Indian economy because it is the largest employer, supports food security, ...

Demonstrations across the country to highlight inadequate funding, payment delays, and weakening of workers’ rights ...

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), on Tuesday, expressed concern over the Union government's proposal to institute a ...

MGNREGA was initially enacted as NREGA in 2005, with its intellectual and policy roots in the earlier efforts of the 1990s.

Hyderabad: Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, along with MPs and ministers, on Tuesday criticised the Centre's ...