The scheme is a form of empowerment that cash transfers are not. Hence, these can be cut off at any time at government whim.

Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is scheduled to get a briefing from the committee on its recommendations in January.

Centre withheld MGNREGS funds to West Bengal due to irregularities, sparking conflict between State and Centre over ...

Job cards cannot be deleted due to non-linkage with Aadhaar, said Union Minister of State for Rural Development Kamlesh ...

A brainstorming session led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the MGNREGS aimed at improving the scheme's impact on rural ...

A parliamentary panel advises against the mandatory integration of Aadhaar for MGNREGS payments, emphasizing the need for ...

A Parliamentary Panel has recommended that the Rural Development Ministry's Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System (ABPS) for ...

Struggling rural workers protest against job card deletions and demand action against issues in MGNREGS implementation.

The panel has also urged the Union rural development ministry for devising a mechanism for raising wages under the scheme ...

A parliamentary panel has criticized the low wages under MGNREGS, questioning the lack of inflation indexing and urging the ...