From February 2, members of the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha will organise 100-day protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to protest against the “attacks” on the MGNREGS or 100-day work in the country. Ms. Talwar, who held a press conference on denial of MGNREGS wages in West Bengal on Tuesday, said the scheme was facing attack in different States and workers …
On July 25, nearly three hours after Droupadi Murmu took oath as the first tribal President of India, hundreds of women, mostly from tribal communities and Other Backward Classes, held a rally at Puncha block in West Bengal’s Purulia district, about 1,300 km from Delhi. A prominent voice on worker's rights, Talwar said allegations of corruption in MGNREGS in West …
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, the Department of Rural Development in collaboration with the state governments has increased the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wages by Rs 20. "The Mahatma Gandhi NREGS wages have been revised by the Department of Rural Development, Government of India, with effect from April 1, 2020. The focus …
