India proposes legislation to expand its rural employment scheme, increasing guaranteed workdays from 100 to 125 per ...

By Saurabh Sharma and Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - India has presented legislation to expand a 20-year-old rural employment scheme by boosting the number of guaranteed workdays but ...

MNREGA is India’s landmark rural job guarantee scheme that promises up to 100 days of paid work each year. From its origins ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled ten significant schemes aimed at accelerating India`s development across various sectors. The initiatives were launched to enhance infrastructure, education, ...

CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On the outskirts of Amaravalli village on India's east coast, Marada Suguna has been hard at work planting mangroves. Hired through India's rural ...

The Rural Development Ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the previous budget. According to the budget ...

Self-employment can be a powerful tool for driving local economies, and in India, the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) has emerged ...