Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Chouhan said the proposed agitation against the newly enacted Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act was politically motivated.
The commissioning of Samudra Pratap will enhance the ICG's capabilities in responding to marine pollution incidents, safeguarding India's maritime environment and resources
Australia and England players paid tribute to the heroes and first responders of the Bondi terrorist attack ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Sunday.
The plane carrying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, has landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York on Saturday (local time).
The Congress party is set to launch the first phase of its 45-day 'MGNREGA Bachao Sangram' across all states, districts, blocks, and gram panchayats from January 8.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has strongly criticised the Modi government at the Centre, alleging that it has systematically weakened village-level governance and damaged the rural economy by diluting the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
The BJP protestors also showed black flag to the Congress delegation and raised slogans against them, accusing them of politicising the issue. Meanwhile, the police force reached the spot as the matter was getting escalated, pacified the uproar and guard the delegation to come out from th
Kharge said that Congress demand the central government withdraw the recently enacted Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB--G RAM G) Act, restore MGNREGA as a rights-based law and restore the right to work and Panchayats' authority.
Addressing a press conference at the party's office in New Delhi, Congress General Secretaries KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh accused the Centre of attempting to centralise the employment guarantee scheme and acting arbitrarily.
Chief Minister said that MGNREGA, introduced during the tenure of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was rooted in the directive principles of the Constitution and aimed at securing the right to work, education and dignity for the poor, small farmers and rural labourers.
Security forces launched a search operation in the southern region of Bijapur district. A team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was deployed as part of the operation in the South Bastar region.
On Friday, the resolution recalled that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was launched in 2005 by the UPA government led by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to provide employment to the rural poor and ensure financial security for impoverished families.