The rural development ministry is considering ways to accommodate its most vocal critics in the Central Employment Guarantee Council, Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze, who are also members of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council.

The implementation of the UPA flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the biggest social safety net for the aam aadmi, appears to be suffering from a strange inertia

A Central team, which found glaring examples of MGNREGA violations in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, has asked the state administration to conduct a detailed probe in all the worksites in the district.

Unsure of how to audit the flagship MGNREGA, as suggested by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the rural development ministry has decided to take the issue in public domain.

The implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) continues to suffer from bottlenecks even as the UPA flagship programme completes five years on February 2, 2011.

Concerned over lack of facilities like creche and drinking water at the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) worksites, the Centre has asked the states to explore setting u

Still recovering from the recent onion price crisis, the government is planning to expand the basket of vegetables it monitors for food inflation data.
At present, only onion and potato are monitored as all sections of the population consume them round the year.

The UPA government appears to be groping in the dark on the key issue of tackling high food prices hitting the aam aadmi.

The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council “rejected” the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s expert panel on the proposed National Food Security Bill and approved a broad framework guaranteeing grains to around 75 per cent of the population.

After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took off the “load” from agriculture minister Sharad Pawar’s shoulders by taking away the food and consumers affairs portfolio from the NCP chief, the new food and consumer affairs minister K.V. Thomas said controlling high food prices would be his top priority.