A 10-member delegation of Trinamul Congress MPs will meet Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday to discuss issues related to the alleged "non-release of funds" under the...

Sinha was booked by the vigilance bureau under criminal sections of the IPC pertaining to cheating and corruption for allegedly defrauding public money and investing the same in his own name as well a...

It also asks the state to direct district level officials for undertaking necessary steps to prevent heat-related deaths, hold regular interaction with media on the risks and dangers of heat-related i...

The Odisha vigilance has started a probe into the wealth amassed by a gram rojgar sevak who has bought 59 plots even though he is entitled to a monthly salary of Rs 8,500. Out of 59 plots bought by h...

A Jharkhand-based NREGA watchdog outfit has alleged irregularities in implementation of the Central government scheme in Sahibganj district of the state, indicating nexus between contractors and local...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides for the biggest welfare spending scheme by the Government of India. A pre-announced wage rate is paid under the scheme for labour pe...

They said workers would not be able to maintain minimum living standards with the paltry hike under the NREGA. Nikhil Dey, who works with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Rajasthan, said the min...

The Centre has linked approval for the states’ rural job scheme budgets to their performance on certain transparency measures, hanging a cloud over funds release under the programme from April 1...

An RSP-backed trade union has urged the Narendra Modi government to bring more people under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation by amending existing rules — a demand which, if accep...

The Congress leader cautioned against taking politicians at face value. “The farm laws were brought for the same forces for whom notebandi was done, the same forces that compelled Modi to introd...