Rural Employment

	Fulfil 2019 poll manifesto first: Minister to BJP Niranjan asked BJP leaders to get outstanding funds amounting to Rs 7,183.71 crore payable by the Centre to Telangana within three-four days. published on : 30th June 2022
	Govt extends rural job scheme in Thanjavur, pay of Rs 363 per day for daily wage labourers In the first phase, a sum of Rs 1.5 crore has been allocated to Thanjavur corporation under the scheme. published on : 22nd June 2022
	'Release Rs 7130 crore due to West Bengal under MGNREGA': Trinamool to Centre In a letter to Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh, TMC MPs said the department was not releasing the funds pending for over five months. published on : 16th June 2022
	Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district aims to spend Rs 470 crore under MGNREGS As per the scheme, each worker is provided work for 100 days with a minimum daily wage of Rs 257 and the district stands fifth in paying wages to workers in the State. published on : 15th June 2022
	Complete infrastructure works in Irular, Narikuravar settlements: Tirupattur collector The collector said that works of at least 500 ponds out of the 813 ponds created at the cost of ₹12.44 crore should be completed by June 15. published on : 30th May 2022
	CM chairs first Disha committee meeting for State A total of 41 Centrally-sponsored schemes are being implemented through 15 departments, and the meeting on Wednesday took up six schemes for review. published on : 19th May 2022
	Start road works by May 20: Jagan Administrative sanction given for Rs 1,073 crore to take up repairs of 9,000 km of rural roads. published on : 3rd May 2022
	Reduced mandays for Andhra Pradesh from Centre may hit rural employment Officials of the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development said that MGNREGS is a demand-driven programme and the Centre will increase the mandays as per demand. published on : 6th April 2022
	MGNREGS wages hiked in Uttarakhand Nearly 50 per cent of the workforce under the rural job guarantee scheme in the hill state comprises of women. published on : 3rd April 2022
	Payment row: All is not well with rural job guarantee scheme in Gujarat In Gujarat, MGNREGA workers do not get wages even after hard work. Also, out of 32 lakh active workers in the state, only 35,000 got 100 days of work. published on : 17th March 2022
	Guntur aims to provide 1.58 cr work days in FY23 Officials plan 5,000-10,000 work days for 16.95 lakh daily wagers. published on : 26th February 2022
	‘Unified MGNREGS wages needed’: Panel flags pay disparity in Centre's flagship rural employment scheme Having a uniform rate will also be convenient in terms of calculations and indexation in one go for the entire country rather than different States/UTs bringing in their own dynamics, the report said published on : 21st February 2022
	CM: Focus on NREGS works There should be an action plan for construction, repair and maintenance of roads and he said and directed the officials to ensure there is no shortage of funds. published on : 1st February 2022
	Different indicators on employment bounce back after dipping in April-June 2020: Economic Survey An analysis of the EPFO data suggests a significant acceleration in the formalization of the job market, during 2021. published on : 31st January 2022
	KTR suggests job scheme for urban poor National Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme is the need of the hour, include it in the forthcoming Budget, Rama Rao tells Nirmala. published on : 28th January 2022