The maxim ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ plays out daily in our lives. On the one hand, tax collections, Sensex and sales of high-end vehicles are at record levels and people were seen queuing up to buy gold on Dhanteras but on the other, the subsidised ration scheme had to be extended for five years and the extraordinarily large number of people applying for work under MNREGA, resulted in budgeted funds getting exhausted by mid-year.
Giving a political boost to the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee’s ERCP (Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project) Yatra, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday rhetorically asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the chief minister of Rajasthan, if voted to power in the upcoming assembly election.
The government further clarified that the ministry has been making all efforts to pay wages on time. The government in its statement claimed that delays in payments are only when the pay orders have not been generated in time.
TMC workers injured in a bus accident while en route to Delhi for MGNREGA protest against fund issues.
Addressing a press conference Dr Shashi Panja said the workers, who had died or received severe injuries might not have joined the illegal firecracker manufacturing unit had they got their jobs under MNREGA.
The chief minister further said that the inauguration of Tehsil Bhawan in Kushinagar, along with opening of the international airport, will pave the way for growth of tourism to the region.
The Ministry of Rural Development today said this was an important milestone reached with the help of remote sensing technology based on the “ridge to valley” approach.
Thakur said that Mandi was a fast expanding and fast-growing town, which has a glorious history and a bright future.
Even in districts like Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Tehri the self employment trend is popular among migrants.
The Finance Minister's package for the migrants announced on June 18 has too much detail in it. When a public works programme is to be executed, too much detailing of the prescribed output is a distraction
