-Newsclick.in The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha has called for a protest from August 2 to 4 against insufficient fund allocation, delay in wage disbursal, and other issues in implementing the employment scheme. Kolkata: Uncertainty looms over the Centre's decision on additional fund allocation to the MGNREGA programme before undertaking the traditional mid-term review at the end of August or early September. Contrary to official expectations, the dependence of rural households on jobs under...

-IANS/ National Herald In a shocking incident, four school-going children were issued job cards, and bank accounts were opened in their names, under the MGNREGA in Gujarat's Chhota Udaipur district In a shocking incident, four school-going children were issued job cards, and bank accounts were opened in their names, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Gujarat's Chhotaudepur district. As the district administration learned about this, the District Development...

-The Hindu Wages amounting to ₹2,800 crore are pending with the Centre Dipali Mahato was among the hundreds of workers who gathered in front of the District Magistrate’s office in Purulia on Friday, demanding wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). “I have not received wages amounting to ₹8,000. The last time I worked under a 100 days employment scheme was in January this year,” Dipali said. A mother...

-The Hindu Peoples Action For Employment Guarantee says rule that mandates recording attendance on a mobile app is a violation of the NREGA law The Union Rural Development Ministry must withdraw its order to discontinue manual attendance for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme work sites with more than 20 workers to replace it using a mobile phone-based application — National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) for recording attendance, the Peoples...

-Newsclick.in The PAEG has said that workers are entitled to wages on a piece-rate, not time-rate, basis. The Peoples’ Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) has opposed the rural development ministry’s May 13 order discontinuing manual attendance at Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme worksites with more than 20 workers and replacing it with the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) app. Terming the decision as a violation of law that will...