A parliamentary panel has expressed concern regarding the 2026-27 fiscal allocation for the Department of Rural Development. Although funding has increased by 21%, the focus is on the new VB-GRAMG ...

Panel says bulk of rural ministry budget hike earmarked for VB-GRAMG, flags MGNREGA cut ...

Economist Jean Dreze discusses MGNREGA's challenges, emphasizing India's resource abundance but lack of political will for worker empowerment.

BENGALURU: Delayed wage payments, technological glitches and declining worker participation are threatening the functioning ...

Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi criticised the Centre in Rajya Sabha, alleging that replacing MGNREGA with the VB-G RAM G scheme has worsened the condition of rural labourers and deepened distress in ...

The Modi government has increased the allocation to the erstwhile rural employment scheme MGNREGA by nearly four times to Rs 8.53 lakh crore as compared to the funds earmarked by the Congress-led UPA ...

Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi on Thursday said villages across the country were facing distress and accused the Union government of putting labourers in a “bad situation” by ending the rural ...

Intensifying its attacks on the working class and rural poor, India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government hurriedly pushed the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) ...

Centre approves ₹1,409 crore for MGNREGA wages after state government's persistent follow-up, ensuring timely payments to rural workers.

Chandigarh: Punjab BJP state vice-president Kewal Singh Dhillon launched a sharp attack on Congress over its silence on issues concerning farmers and .