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Telangana: Six MGNREGA workers injured, one dead
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Six Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employee Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) workers were injured and one died on Tuesday when a mound of earth caved in on them while they were digging a trench in Venkatraopet village of Rajanna Sircilla district.
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West Bengal: Funds for MGNREGA workers would be released by March 1, says
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that funds for MGNREGA workers would be released by March 1 and the delay in release of funds was due to increase in number of workers under the scheme that guarantees a minimum of 100 days of work during a financial year.
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"Due to govt policies, MGNREGA workers not getting wages": Congress' Jaira
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"The Modi government has implemented the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) and the Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS). Because of this, the right to work and timely payment of guaranteed wages for MNREGA workers are being violated. Due to government policies, workers are either getti
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West Bengal to pay 21 lakh MGNREGA workers by Feb 21: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Saturday that the state government would pay 21 lakh MGNREGA workers their pending wages by February 21.
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"MGNREGA workers haven't received dues during last 2 yrs," alleges Rahul G
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers have not received their "dues" for the last two years.
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Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi meets MGNREGA workers, Dalit women in Raichur
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Raichur (Karnataka) [India], October 22 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with several Congress leaders on Saturday, met with representatives from minority communities, and also had an interaction with MGNREGA workers and Devadasi Dalit women from Raichur.
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Odisha CM grants Rs 352 cr special COVID-19 assistance for 32 lakh MGNREGA
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 10 (ANI): As part of the Odisha government's special COVID-19 package of Rs 1,690 crore for the poor, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday disbursed Rs 352 crore to 32 lakh workers engaged under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
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Punjab School Education dept will create school infra through MGNREGA work
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 12 (ANI): Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Sunday informed that the Punjab School Education Department will involve MNREGA workers for creating assets of elementary schools on mission mode.
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MGNREGA workers allege lack of facilities at quarantine centre in AP's Sri
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 15 (ANI): Several Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers in Srikakulam district alleged lack of adequate facilities at a quarantine centre.
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Minimum wages to all MGNREGA workers in Odisha's Keonjhar
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 4 (ANI): In order to secure and enhance the livelihood of rural poor and returning migrant workers in the light of COVID-19 pandemic, District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Keonjhar has decided to provide 'minimum wages' to all MGNREGA workers in the distric
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Plea in SC seeking payment of wages to MGNREGA workers amid lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Social activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey have approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the payment of wages to MNREGA workers during the lockdown, issuance of temporary job cards to migrants, who returned to their native villages, and for an inc
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Sonia writes to PM for release advance payment to MGNREGA workers, says 8
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to initiate action for release of advance payment to MGNREGA workers due to lockdown saying nearly eight crore rural workers in the country need support fr
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