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 ...

Growth over the last decade has been "broad-based" and the consumption gap among the rich and poor in both urban and rural ...

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

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

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

A major shift under the new framework is the reorientation of works away from fragmented, low-impact activities towards ...

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.

The SARAS DWCRA exhibition in Visakhapatnam promotes women's economic prosperity with 250 stalls and cultural programs for ...

MNREGA is India’s landmark rural job guarantee scheme that promises up to 100 days of paid work each year. From its origins ...

From increasing the number of working days to changing the funding structure, the new VB-G RAM G, 2025 Bill is likely to replace the MGNREGA 2005. Check out what are the changes brought by the ...