Who cares for a paltry Rs 100 per day clean pay from the government. If you are dealing in coal, a little more black in your pockets couldn't hurt. Job schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MgNREGA) in Ramgarh district are floundering as labourers prefer to ferry coal for illegal traders, fetching them at least four times more wages. "I have no interest in job schemes initiated...
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Wife hails CBI probe into NREGA worker's death
-The Times of India Babli Devi can finally hope for justice if the CBI inquiry into her husband's death comes to fruition. The wife of the MgNREGA workerSubal Mahto, allegedly killed for asking for his wages after digging a well, has welcomed the proposal of a CBI inquiry by the Centre. The 50-year-old resident of Bhatua village of Bokaro had died on February 19 after being thrashed by his contractor...
More »Jharkhand PCC welcomes CBI probe into MgNREGA-related deaths
-PTI Jharkhand PCC today welcomed the Union rural development ministry's recommendation for CBI probe into two cases of murder, apparently related to corruption and wage demands in MgNREGA scheme. "There are numerous instances of corruption cases in MgNREGA schemes and the CBI probe will unearth them," PCC general secretary-cum-spokesperson Sailesh Sinha said here. "The recommendation has come as a deterrent to the authorities, who are responsible to implement schemes under MgNREGA," he...
More »Rural Development Ministry for CBI probe into whistle-blower's murder by K Balchand
Allegation that Ansari was killed by Naxalites is a ploy: report NEW DELHI: Debunking claims of the Jharkhand government, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has called for a CBI inquiry into the murder of whistle-blower Niyamat Ansari charging that there was an attempt to cover up the murder. It called for “serious action” against Latehar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rahul Purwar for alleged dereliction of duty and failure to prevent funds...
More »Delink Aadhaar from NREGA, say activists by Jaideep Deogharia
Those responsible for the framing and implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MgNREGA) have once again protested the linking of Aadhaar number (Unique Identification UID) with the job guarantee scheme for the rural masses. In a letter sent to the Union rural development secretary, B K Sinha, they have expressed dissatisfaction over the decision to make UID compulsory for extending NREGA benefits in Mysore saying that the...
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