The Telangana government's meagre Rs 600 crore allocation for the Indiramma Aathmeeya Bharosa scheme in the 2025-26 budget has raised serious questions about the Congress' commitment to welfare programmes
Irrespective of political affiliations, leaders of all political parties, farmers, agriculture and MGNREGA labourers and others participated in the protest.
Addressing his first election meeting in the constituency after his nomination, Gandhi said he was contesting the Lok Sabha election from the seat because his family has deep links with the people here.
Led by NRSC Scientists Boorla Anil Kumar and Joshi Chowdary, the team ventured into rural heartlands to analyze the tangible changes and evaluate the program's influence on local communities
A World Bank report released in 2022 points out that the youth unemployment rate in India was at 23.22 per cent, which was higher than its neighbours Pakistan (11.3 per cent) and Bangladesh (12.9 per cent).
The BJP had seized upon the findings of the CAG report on Wednesday, alleging a staggering "mother of all scams" totalling approximately Rs 2 lakh crore in the Trinamool Congress-governed state.
Meanwhile, the Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, who is currently in Darjeeling in north Bengal, now has decided to cut-short his tour there and return to Kolkata on Sunday afternoon only.
Banerjee, who along with other TMC leaders, is holding an indefinite sit-in outside Raj Bhavan here since Thursday, has said they will continue the demonstration till Governor CV Ananda Bose meets the protesters.
The economic crisis in rural India is so deep that in September the demand for MGNREGA has increased by 30pc in 4 years, said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in a post on X
TMC MPs and state ministers will peacefully sit in at Rajghat on October 2, followed by a peaceful rally of MGNREGA job card holders in the national capital
