2000-batch IAS officer Pooja Singhal was accused along with her husband and others in connection with a money laundering case registered by a federal agency pertaining to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in the Khunti district during 2009-2010 and some other suspicious financial tra
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought report from the Central government over the non-release of funds allotted to the West Bengal government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin is working in full swing towards fulfilling the long-awaited dreams of several poor and vulnerable families having their own pucca house.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who on Wednesday sat on a dharna here against the central government over alleged blocking of state money, said she would sit on a dharna near the Prime Minister's residence in Delhi if necessary.
She alleged that the Centre was discriminating against West Bengal in allocating funds for various social welfare schemes including the MGNREGA and the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
For wage payment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), the Government has decided, on the request of States, to have a mixed model for payment route up to March 31.
The Union Budget allocated Rs 60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme for 2023-24, 18 per cent lower than the Rs 73,000 crore budget estimates for the current year 2022-23, and about 33 per cent lower than the Rs 89,000 crore revised es
The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail for two months to the former Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to the alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds, for the purposes of attending to her daughter.