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Fraud in panchayat accounts confirmed

The social audit of development work under the MgNREGA in Todgarh panchayat, Ajmer, has confirmed the Rs 56-lakh embezzlement found by the district administration in a recent enquiry. The findings were read out at the social audit gram sabha on Thursday. The Todgarh panchayat is close to Malaton Ki Weir, also in Ajmer, where anomalies amounting to Rs 1.41 crore was uncovered during a special audit last year. "The scale...

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Rural job scheme minimum wage revised, risking inflation spiral by Ruhi Tewari & Asit Ranjan Mishra

In a move that brings relief to the rural workforce, but risks creating an inflation spiral, the government on Thursday revised the minimum wages paid for its flagship job guarantee scheme by linking them to the Consumer Price Index for agricultural labour (CPI-AL) for each individual state. Such a price spiral, in case it actually emerges, could roil the electoral prospects of the Congress in the key contests to the state...

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Wage hike for MgNREGA workers by K Balchand

Over five crore Mahatma Gandhi NREGA workers across the country will enjoy a 17 to 30 per cent rise in wages with their wage rate being linked with the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour(CPIAL) with immediate effect. The Ministry of Rural Development issued the notification in compliance with the directives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who had, however, differed with NAC chairperson Sonia Gandhi's recommendation for a hike in statutory...

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‘Streamline NREGA implementation’

The Assurance Committee (AC) of Legislative Assembly which met here today under the Chairmanship of MLA, M Y Tarigami has asked the Rural Development Department to further streamline the implementation of MgNREGA in the State. The Committee observed that with implementation of the scheme in rural areas, particularly neglected areas, can empower their socio- economic status to some extent. The Committee recommended increase in employment days from 100 days to 200...

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Orissa files 500-page response in Supreme Court over MgNREGA

The Orissa government today filed a 500-page response in the Supreme Court on the stricture made by the apex court on the alleged irregularities committed in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MgNREGA) in the state. "We have filed a 500-page response in the Supreme Court on the status of the implementation of MgNREGA in the state. Action has been taken against around 600 errant officials in...

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