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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  • Hike MGNREGA wages to Rs 400, increase working days: Parliamentary panel to Centre

    Hike MGNREGA wages to Rs 400, increase working days: Parliamentary panel to Centre

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 04, 2025 · 12:50 pm
  • Parliament panel raises concern about low MGNREGA wages

    Parliament panel raises concern about low MGNREGA wages

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 14, 2024 · 09:50 am
  • Fact check: Is the demand for MGNREGA jobs declining, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims?

    Fact check: Is the demand for MGNREGA jobs declining, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims?

    Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
    · Dec 27, 2022 · 02:00 pm
  • Jean Dreze: Last-mile hurdles in NREGA payments puncture India’s techno-utopian delusions

    Jean Dreze: Last-mile hurdles in NREGA payments puncture India’s techno-utopian delusions

    Jean Drèze
    · Nov 19, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • ‘People are skipping meals’: 68% of households in phone survey say income has fallen since lockdown

    ‘People are skipping meals’: 68% of households in phone survey say income has fallen since lockdown

    Meghna Yadav
    · Sep 03, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • Coronavirus: Centre releases Rs 4,431 crore to clear pending wage dues for MNREGA workers

    Coronavirus: Centre releases Rs 4,431 crore to clear pending wage dues for MNREGA workers

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 27, 2020 · 10:03 pm
  • NREGA workers in nine states file police complaints against Narendra Modi for ‘false promises’

    NREGA workers in nine states file police complaints against Narendra Modi for ‘false promises’

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 28, 2019 · 09:27 pm
  • MNREGA rates lower than minimum wage in 29 states, Union Territories, says rights group

    MNREGA rates lower than minimum wage in 29 states, Union Territories, says rights group

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 31, 2018 · 05:06 pm
  • A mango plantation in Jharkhand shows how MGNREGA can really empower rural families

    A mango plantation in Jharkhand shows how MGNREGA can really empower rural families

    Inayat Anaita Sabhikhi
    · May 08, 2017 · 12:30 pm