Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of violence perpetrated by terrorists or Naxals, and......
The Odisha government told the assembly over 40,000 workers migrated from the state last year, with the highest number -- 26,151 -- from Balangir. IMAGE: Biju Janata Dal Chief Naveen Patnaik at a......
Bihar government has decided to use high-tech GPS enabled Android phones to monitor progress of the rural jobs scheme and keep a watch on the officials involved in the implementation of the......
The first day of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's three-day visit to Rae Bareli, her parliamentary constituency, was devoted to Dalits and Muslims. She visited several villages on Monday and took......
About 170 km from Kolkata, it is mid-afternoon in Lalgarh and the Kansabati riverbed is bustling with activity. It is a mega construction site, with cranes and trucks roaring and workers carrying......
In a first of its kind in the country, more than 20 lakh people, mostly labourers, have been issued two job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act schemes in Bihar......
As many as 11.25 crore (112.5 million) job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act were issued to people in 619 districts across the country in 2009-10, the government......
Setting a role model for local bodies in the country, a gram panchayat in Kerala's Wayanad district has come out with a novel scheme to provide social security to senior citizens by providing less......
Beginning April 1, people living in rural areas need to have Aadhaar under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that mandates 100 days work for a household annually. People......
MGNREGA has not gained momentum in Bihar as the percentage of household provided 100 days employment ranged from one to seven per cent during 2007-12, according to a CAG report submitted to the......