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Farmers were protesting against the Centre’s attitude over release of funds to the NREGS to Telangana
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She said the BJP was trying to restrict CM KCR from strengthening politically in other States with these kinds of actions.
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BRS working president KTR called on the party cadre to stage demonstrations in all district headquarters across the State, opposing the Centre's allegations on diversion of MGNREGS funds in Telangana
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Hyderabad: The Central government’s discrimination against Telangana is a glaring issue even in permitting additional days of work for drought and natural calamity-affected States under MGNREGS in the last five years. Telangana recorded extremely heavy rainfall in 2020 and 2021, and many mandals are vulnerable to heat waves. In 2019, the Panchayatraj and Rural Development […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS on Monday accused the BJP government at the Centre of obstructing the growth of the IT sector in Telangana. The TRS MPs in Delhi stated that the Centre denied the Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) project promised to the State in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and dented the growth of the […]
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Hyderabad: In yet another action that could dent rural employment in Telangana, the Central government raised objections to the works taken up by the Telangana government under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the benefit of farmers. Further, the Centre decided to deploy more Central teams to conduct a thorough scrutiny […]
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By Dr Sonal Mobar Roy Catering to the needs of millions of people in the country, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGS) is one of India’s flagship social protection programmes. It is the largest labour guarantee scheme in the world, offering 100 days of paid labour to every rural household. The origin […]
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s lacklustre policies continue to affect the poor, depriving them of an honourable livelihood under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The BJP government at the Centre, which reduced the man-days in Telangana under the scheme from 16 crore to 10 crore impacting the livelihood of labourers in the State, […]
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By Surajit Das The National Statistical Office (NSO) of the Government of India released a press statement on March 14 on the unemployment rate. According to the periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data, the unemployment rate stood at 13.4% in urban areas in the financial year 2020-21. Female unemployment rate was over 15% and for […]
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Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao slammed the union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy accusing him of lack of any moral right to speak about Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Telangana martyrs. Harish Rao reminded Kishan Reddy that he became a union Minister only due to Telangana which was created due to the sacrifices […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao appealed to the Central Government to announce a National Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (NUEGS) in the ensuing union Budget speech to help urban poor. This should be on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). It would aid in meeting the […]
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Hyderabad: Panchayatraj and Rural Development Minister E Dayakar Rao said Telangana was leading in the country in implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). He said for the 2021-22 financial year, the Centre had set a target of 13.75 crore person days for Telangana. So far, the State has achieved 13.38 person […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana has achieved the 13 crore person days target under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) set by Central Government three months ahead of the closure of the current financial year. Under MGNREGS, the Central government allocated 13 crore person days for the current financial year. Against this allotment, the State government […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s visit to Delhi and his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has become a bitter pill to swallow for the BJP State leadership ahead of the Huzurabad byelections. While the BJP State leaders have been indulging in scathing criticism against the TRS government […]
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Migration tragedy and economic slowdown have highlighted the need for replicating MGNREGS in urban areas
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A fresh approach is needed towards gendered health emergency for the most vulnerable and disproportionately affected
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Panchayat Raj Minister directed officials to ensure Covid protocol is strictly followed by MGNREGS workers
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For the financial year 2021-22, it allocated 13 crore person days while the Telangana government is already on track to achieve 16 crore person days by the month end before the closure of the current FY
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"The State government achieved several awards due to hard work of MGNREGA employees. The government is now working on ways to utilise the services of field assistants," he said.
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Hyderabad: Mahabubnagar Collector S Venkat Rao suspended gram panchayat secretaries of Hanwada, Pedda Darpally, Janampet and Gajulapeta for dereliction of duties, failing to maintain punctuality and for other reasons. The Collector on Friday went on a surprise inspection of Allipur, Gajulapeta, Janampeta and other villages to check sanitation, watering of saplings planted under Haritha Haram, […]