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The Rural Development Ministry said a logo design competition for the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) has been launched. The competition is live on the government’s citizen engagement platform, MyGov. The Ministry said in a post on X on Saturday (March 7, 2026), inviting people to submit creative…
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Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises H. D. Kumaraswamy, BJP Karnataka State president B.Y. Vijayendra, Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly R .Ashok during press conference in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally Janata Dal (Secular) on Saturday accused the…
The previous Budget, presented in July 2024 after the Lok Sabha election, had accorded priority to employment and skill development, given the nature of the election mandate. The Finance Minister had announced a Prime Minister’s Package of five schemes and initiatives to facilitate job and internship opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over a five-year period…
The Yojana has garnered global praise for its transformative impact on financial inclusion. (File) New Delhi: The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) which completed ten years of its implementation on Wednesday has had a profound impact on every corner of the country. The scheme launched in 2014, has proven to be the foundation stone…
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Watch: Budget 2024 | What is in store for labour? In her seventh budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced three new employee-linked incentive schemes in the Union Budget for 2024-25. The three schemes, which are part of the Prime Minister’s package, will align with enrolment in the Employee Provident Fund Organisation and focus on…
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Farmers expect this government to take a radical break from all its earlier Budgets. File | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance faced huge setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections in the agrarian belts of the country. The BJP lost in at least 38 seats in five States where the farmers’…
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Farmers expect this government to take a radical break from all its earlier Budgets. File | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance faced huge setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections in the agrarian belts of the country. The BJP lost in at least 38 seats in five States where the farmers’…
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The total properties worth Rs 106.86 crore have been attached till date in the subject case. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached four immovable properties having a value of Rs 22.47 lakh belonging to Shashi Prakash and Jai Kishore Chaudhary (both Executive Engineers) in case of the MGNREGA scam in Jharkhand. According…
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In Tamil Nadu, 92.86 lakh households have been issued with Job Cards. (File) Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh, requesting to release the funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is one of…
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The minister also claimed there was large-scale corruption under the scheme in West Bengal. New Delhi: Additional allocations will be sanctioned for the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the finance ministry has assured there will be no shortage, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh has said, dismissing criticisms of the flagship programme not…
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