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Chidambaram said the Modi dispensation was "clueless" on how to create jobs and cautioned people against an 'assault on our commonsense by wild claims of job creation by the government'. (Photo: PTI)

Witnessing jobless growth, government 'clueless': Chidambaram

Chidambaram said, 'A 'job' is certain, regular and reasonably secure. We want to know how many such jobs have been created.'

28 Jan 2018 8:39 PM

NGO Swaraj Abhiyan also claimed before the top court that there was an enormous delay on the Centre's part in releasing the funds under the scheme even after receipt of fund transfer order. (Photo: File/Representational)

Govt refutes charges of delay in releasing MGNREGA funds for drought-hit-farmers

The issue raised before the SC by the NGO claimed that there was a high percentage of delay over payment under MGNREGA.

10 Dec 2017 4:01 PM

Teacher Itishree Pradhan whose murder has remained a mystery.

Odisha: Unsolved, tricky cases dent CBI’s reputation

In June 2002, after a direction from the Odisha high court the probe into the alleged Rs 40-crore Steel Bond scam was given to the CBI.

04 Dec 2017 6:02 AM

The rigid labour-material ratio prescriptions under MGNREGA also means that the quality of assets created aren’t of the standard of roads constructed under PMGSY. (Representational image)

Why Sadak Yojana scores over NREGA

Most verticals of the economic main frame are facing a slowdown and even a sharp tapering off in activity.

20 Sep 2017 2:38 AM

In the last financial year, timely payment of wages were made in 42.16 per cent cases.

Wages paid timely in 85 pc cases this fiscal under MGNREGA: Govt

Around Rs 36,500 crore (76 per cent of the total allocation) has already been released in this financial year.

15 Sep 2017 6:00 PM

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (Photo: PTI)

Govt saved Rs 57,000 cr through DBT scheme: Prasad

Govt also launched Centre for IoT, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and incubation centres.

15 Sep 2017 5:13 PM

A farmer walks past a field as dark clouds hover over Amritsar. It is a harsh reality that the country with the highest growth rate is also home for the largest number of poor on the planet. (Photo: PTI)

Mission Freedom from Poverty

At present, most of government schemes have been conceived as a social security measures.

07 Sep 2017 6:41 AM

Bengal 1st state to get award for 4 rural schemes in a year

In spite of it, the Centre slammed the state’s “poor performance”, said state panchayat and rural development minister Subrata Mukherjee on Tuesday.

21 Jun 2017 6:24 AM

Niti Aayog-sponsored survey says no spurt in demand for toilet construction between 2009-10 and 2011-12.

‘No spike in toilet construction’

Bihar lagged behind in meeting financial and physical targets of the rural housing scheme.

01 Jun 2017 6:58 AM

The MGNREGA promises 100 days of employment every year to each rural household. (Representational image)

56 per cent of NREGA jobs for women

In 2016-17, largest number of women got employment since 2006.

29 Apr 2017 6:04 AM

As of now, 84 per cent of workers have been given their Aadhaar cards.

MGNREGA can now be linked to Aadhaar till September

Amarjeet Sinha said it was a myth that people were losing work for not having Aadhaar cards.

25 Apr 2017 12:32 AM

52 lakh fake job cards under NREGA weeded out: Government

He, however, denied that linking of Aadhaar cards to the MGNREGA has been made compulsory to help with this.

21 Apr 2017 1:03 AM

At the airport’s entry, a special kiosk scans a passenger’s hand to match his or her Aadhaar ID.

Mere paas Aadhaar hai!

With more services enabled by Aadhaar, Indian’s digital ID has become a must-have for common man.

20 Feb 2017 9:40 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

As the (Modi-led) Right goes marching Left

If UP, Punjab and Goa are lost by the BJP, will this Left turn lead to a redirectional call via a Right-led compass?

15 Feb 2017 12:30 AM

Mallikarjun Kharge tears into PM, says govt has failed on all fronts

‘BJP trying to fool people on note ban, surgical strikes’

07 Feb 2017 2:31 AM

Arun Jaitley said the government will connect 65,000 eligible habitations by constructing 2.23 lakh km of roads in rural areas by 2019.

Union Budget 2017: Thumbs up for NREGA

Arun Jaitley announced the highest ever allocation of Rs 48,000 crore for it in the Union Budget for 2017-18.

02 Feb 2017 7:28 AM

The Centre had taken several other steps like announcing diesel subsidy for farmers to help save standing crops. (Photo: PTI/File)

Centre’s 50-day extra rural work scheme falls flat

The decision on providing additional employment was taken after the monsoon deficit reached 16 per cent across the country.

23 Dec 2016 3:26 AM

Subrata Mukherjee to protest in Delhi for funds

We have repeatedly sought waiver of the loan taken during the Left Front rule. But the Centre has not done anything, says Mamata Banerjee.

21 Dec 2016 4:23 AM

Baliraja Shetkari Sanghatana activists staging a 'Rasta Roko' on a Pune-Bangalore National Highway to protest against demonetization in Karad, Maharashtra. (Photo: PTI)

Rs 4,000 crore NREGA boost to fight note ban woes

The Narendra Modi government has been particularly concerned over demonetisation’s negative impacts on small businesses and industries.

19 Dec 2016 1:39 AM

After note ban, there has been a slump of 23 per cent in employment generation through the MGNREGA as compared to the month of October. (Representational image)

Rural jobs hit, government wary

Eye on polls, Centre seeks to soften note ban impact.

14 Dec 2016 3:07 AM

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