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While the Centre insists that the MGNREGS is a demand-driven scheme and additional funds are given when required, no upward revision was made in the ongoing financial year. | Photo Credit: V. Raju At a time when the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the flagship rural employment programme, is running on a…
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New Delhi: The Rural Development Ministry has approved 56 new Watershed Development Projects that will be undertaken at a cost of Rs 700 crores in the ten best-performing states, the government said on Monday. In a statement issued here, the ministry said the projects will be undertaken in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu,…
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Working under MGNREGS: Women workers begin desilting work as part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at Nidigattu village near Bheemunipatnam in Visakhapatnam district on April 23, 2020 | Photo Credit: DEEPAK KR From being called a “living monument of failure” to “digging holes,” the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…
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