The Delhi Police denied permission for a protest planned by the NREGA Sangarsh Morcha, a consortium of civil society groups working with rural workers, at the Jantar Mantar on Friday (December 19, ...

LibTech report flags lower workdays, shrinking household access and hurdles from Aadhaar payments eKYC and digital attendance systems ...

MGNREGA workers plan a nationwide strike on May 15 against the government's decision to repeal the employment guarantee scheme.

MGNREGA workers across India are planning a nationwide strike on May 15 to protest the government's decision to repeal the act described as the only legal guarantee of employment for rural workers.

Passed in 2005 as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), and renamed in 2009 as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), it aimed to enhance livelihood ...

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) enacted in 2005, aims to enhance livelihood security of rural people by guaranteeing 100 days of wages in a financial year for adults ...

The MGNREGA guaranteed not just employment, but dignity. VB-GRAM) has ceased to be demand-driven—a change that fundamentally alters its character as a rights-based employment guarantee. Under MGNREGA, ...

Lok Sabha passed the Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (VB-G-RAM-G Bill), on Thursday. The Opposition has been strongly opposing the Bill, accusing the government of insulting ...

Human rights activist and noted columnist Harsh Mander on Friday sharply criticised the Centre for repealing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it an ...

Annoyed, the chief minister shouted at the Congress workers, asking them to keep quiet, but they did not heed and The workers tried to interrupt Siddaramaiah even after he started his speech Karnataka ...