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MGNREGA

News Reports

Karnataka MGNREGA Scam: Men dress up in sarees, pose as women to claim wages using women labourers’ job cards

OpIndia Staff - 9 April, 2025

These men were reportedly employed in place of women under the scheme, and misleading attendance photos were uploaded to show that women labourers were provided employment.

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TMC’s habitual engagement in duplicity and capriciousness: BJP responds to Derek O’Brien’s allegations on frozen MGNREGA funds, says payments will be made after Bengal...

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2024

BJP clarifies that MGNREGA funds have been frozen for West Bengal due to corruption charges

News Reports

TMC plans an agitation to hide their corruption, writes letters to Delhi police seeking permission: Here is why centre withheld MNREGA funds from Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2023

TMC govt plans to hold protest against centre's decision to withhold MGNREGS funds for WB after it detected these large-scale anomalies and corruption in the implementation of the welfare scheme

Government and Policy

MGNREGS payments reach record-high levels this year as Rural Development ministry works on top-gear to ensure employment

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

With just over three months to go in FY 2020-21, the government has already spent almost 90% of the funds allocated under the MGNREGS.

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Uttar Pradesh: How the govt utilised the MGNREGA to revive a river and improved the lives of scores in the process

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

The UP Govt has planned on rejuvenating rivers and in the process, generate employment under the MGNREGA.

News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath plans to create 15 lakh job opportunities in the next six months

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2020

Yogi Adityanath has directed the officials to prepare a presentation om creation of job opportunities within a week

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Number of poor people in India falls from 27 crore in 2011 to 8.4 crore in 2017: New study reveals

OpIndia Staff - 19 February, 2020

The study claims that as per the Tendulkar poverty line it, poverty in India reduced from 14.9 % in 2011 to 7.0 % in 2017, the fastest decline in poverty the country has ever seen.