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Chief MinistersSubgroup Constituted to Coordinate Policy Approaches for Agriculture and MGNREGS	19.6.2018	Govt of india: PIB
Unanimous Decision taken during the Fourth Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog yesterday Government has set up a Chief Ministers Subgroup to Coordinate Policy Approaches for Agriculture and MGNREGS with the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the Convener and CMs of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Sikkim along with the Member NITI Aayog, Shri Ramesh Chand as its members.
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Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani named in panel on Agri & MNREGA	19.6.2018	DNA: Top News
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is among the seven chief ministers who have been included in a committee that will make recommendations on a coordinated policy approach on the subject of 'Agriculture and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The committee was announced at the fourth meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council in New Delhi on Sunday. The committee will be headed by Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and also comprise chief ministers of Bihar (Nitish Kumar), Sikkim (Pavan Chamling), UP (Yogi Adityanath), West Bengal (Mamata Banerjee) and Andhra Pradesh (N Chandrababu Naidu). The committee will make recommendations for increasing farmers' income through agriculture related activities under MGNREGA before sowing and after harvesting. The state government said in a release that it is committed to achieve the prime minister's goal of doubling farmers' income by 2022. It cited the example of the water conservation drive under which de-silting of river bodies was ...
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Challenge is to take growth to double digits: PM Narendra Modi at Niti meet	18.6.2018	DNA: Top News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that taking the country's economic growth to double digits was the challenge ahead and important steps will be taken for it. PM Modi said that double-digit growth is a challenge with the economy already growing at a 'healthy rate' of 7.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017-18. The Prime Minister was speaking at the fourth meeting of the Niti Aayog governing council in the Capital. The meeting was attended by chief ministers of 23 states and one Union Territory. The CMs of Delhi, Tripura, Odisha, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir and Goa did not attend the meeting. Doubling of farmers incomes, development of 115 aspirational districts, mission Indradhanush, Ayushman Bharat and Nutrition mission were some of the key issues discussed in the meeting. PM Modi assured the CMs from flood-affected states that the central government would provide all assistance to them to deal with the situation. He said that on the lines of the 115 aspirational districts identified by Niti ...
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CM seeks tax incentives from Centre	17.6.2018	Hindu: Rx
Wants more freedom to States in implementing development schemes
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Telangana CM Rao to meet PM Modi on June 15 over state's issues	13.6.2018	DNA: Top News
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 15 to discuss various issues concerning the state. The meeting would take place at 12.30 pm and Rao would leave for New Delhi on Thursday, the Chief Minister's Office said on Wednesday. "The CM will discuss several issues pertaining to the state," it said. The state government has been taking up several issues, including Centre's nod for increasing reservation for backward sections among Muslims and Scheduled Tribes, linking rural employment scheme NREGA with agriculture, minimum support price for various crops and the new zonal system vis-a-vis government employment. The state assembly had passed a bill last year enhancing reservation for backward sections among Muslims and Scheduled Tribes. The MPs of ruling TRS had raised these issues in the parliament earlier. Article ...
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Jaipur: MGNREGA workers’ son makes it to IIT-Bombay	13.6.2018	DNA: Money
Son of MGNREGA workers, Sunil Kumar Meena of Nagalmina village, Mahuajhotwara post of Doussa district, has made it to India’s elite engineering institution IIT by securing 245 marks and AIR-4 rank in ST category and AIR-347 in general category in JEE-Advanced 2018 results of which were declared recently. Sunil while studying in Hindi medium private school about 5km from his native village secured 94.50 % in 10th and 97.40% in the 12th standard with scoring 100 per cent marks in hysics, chemistry and mathematics. It was at that time he thought of trying IIT entrance exams. After he failed in the first attempt, principal of private school Vijay Jhalani advised his father to send him to Kota for coaching. With weak economic background, it was impossible for his father to arrange money for his expenses in Kota. But like son, the father was also determined that he will help achieve his son’s dream of becoming an engineer. So, the father decided to mortgage his agriculture land and took loan to pay for his ...
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Manik Sarkar's security increased as he faces 'obstruction'	12.6.2018	Sify Finance
Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar's security has been increased as the "BJP workers continued to obstruct" his tour to tribal dominated areas in Dhalai district since Monday, police said on Tuesday.
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9 years on, Gujarat tribals await wages under MGNREGA	11.6.2018	DNA: Popular News
Even as Gujarat awaits full-fledged monsoon in the hope that the state’s Jalsanchay Abhiyan will bear fruits, over 215 tribals in and around Dahod have been left high and dry for almost nine years now. No, they are not waiting for water, but payment for the community wells they dug under MGNREGA in 2009. A labour 2015 court verdict had directed the government to pay them their wages. The matter pertains to a community well that was dug under MGNREGA in the farm of one Nathubhai of Dhodhsa village in Fatehpura taluka of Dahod district in February 2009. It took 22 workers six days to build the community well. The wait for wages has taken them over nine years now. In fact, the harried lot also knocked the doors of the labour court in Dahod, which, in one judgment, ordered the Taluka Development Officer to pay 21 tribals of Dhodhsa village not only what was due to them but also asked the government pay a penalty for delayed wages to the labourers. Unfortunately, the court’s order had no impact as the ...
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‘Tribal community facing starvation in Tripura’	9.6.2018	Hindu: Fitness
CPI (M) tribal front meets CM
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'My long-awaited dream has come true', says MGNREGA labourers after son cracks NEET	8.6.2018	DNA: Top News
Krishan Kumar's tireless pursuit of excellence is an inspiration to students in his village and his success in cracking the NEET a source of pride to his parents, who work as MGNREGA labourers. Kumar is the only person in Sakhwara panchayat in Rajasthan's Dholpur district to clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. His parents said they wanted him to unshackle himself out of the misery they had faced in life. "My long-awaited dream has come true... I am proud my son would be the first doctor in my panchayat," said Munna Lal, who has studied till Class 5. Kumar's mother is illiterate. The 19-year-old spent several nights studying under kerosene lamps in his village before moving to Kota, a city more than 300 km away from his home which has a number of coaching institutes, in 2015 to prepare for the entrance test. Kumar found success on his third attempt, securing an All India rank of 3,099 in the recently-held NEET. He is on his way to become the first MBBS doctor from his panchayat. His journey ...
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Son Of MGNREGA Labourer Cracks NEET, Father Says Dream Came True	8.6.2018	NDTV News - Latest
Krishan Kumar's tireless pursuit of excellence is an inspiration to students in his village and his success in cracking the NEET a source of pride to his parents, who work as MGNREGA labourer.
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Centre slams State for poor progress on rural schemes	8.6.2018	Hindu: News
Busy focusing on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, State officials tell delegates from Centre
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Rythu Bandhu benefits only the big farmers: CPI(M)	7.6.2018	Hindu: Rx
Hand over patta lands to cultivators, CPIM tells forest officials
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MPDO arrested on bribery charge	6.6.2018	Hindu: Hyderabad
Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Wednesday arrested Mandal Parishad Development Officer of Narva in Mahbubnagar district, P. Raghava, after he all
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MGNREGS Water Conservation Thrust – transforming lives and livelihoods	6.6.2018	Govt of india: PIB
Durable Water Conservation assets have been a priority under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) over the last 3 years. Over 143 lakh hectares have benefitted in the last 3 years through Water Conservation under MGNREGS.
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Colonial hangover	5.6.2018	FrontLine: Home
The Central government ignores a nationwide strike by rural postal workers who are struggling to be recognised as full-time employees of the Postal Department in order to receive living wages at a time when they find their workload substantially increased to keep government schemes afloat. By T.K. RAJALAKSHMI
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Tripura to hold Panchayat by-polls in July	3.6.2018	The Assam Tribune
Tripura to hold Panchayat by-polls in July
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MGNREGS funds help improve infrastructure in Vizianagaram villages	31.5.2018	Hindu: News
Vizianagaram tops State in implementation of scheme
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Punjab's homeless freedom fighters to get houses: Cabinet	31.5.2018	General News
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today gave his nod to a proposal under which the state's homeless freedom fighters and their families, with annual income less than Rs 3 lakh will get free accommodation, officials said. A cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of the chief minister decided that the Punjab Pendu Awaas Yojna (PPAY) will be implemented in a phased manner and in the first phase, eligible freedom fighters, followed by applicants found eligible under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Gramin) with annual family income up to Rs 1.2 lakh will be covered. In the second phase, to be undertaken after a year, applicants with an annual family income from Rs 1.20 lakh to Rs 3 lakh would be covered, they said. It has been clarified under the scheme that a married houseless/landless son(s) living in joint family, but having separate electricity connection or ration card, would be eligible to avail benefits under the scheme, an official said. Revealing further details of the scheme,
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Pradhans apprehensive funds may be blocked	30.5.2018	Manipur: E-Pao
Pradhans apprehensive funds may be blocked
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