The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), passed in Parliamnet in August, 2005, and implemented in February 2006, guarantees up to 100 days of wage employment per year to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed 2026 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contains no budget for new locally-funded flood control projects, the agency maintained on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 251 public-private partnership (PPP) projects worth a combined P2.81 trillion are in the government’s pipeline heading into 2026, marking a strong year for both ...

In a significant policy shift, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is being overhauled under the new VB-G RAM G framework, aiming to improve employment outcomes and ...

One month after the Wang Fuk Court fire, Hong Kong’s construction industry grapples with a scaffold net safety regime halting repairs on over 200 buildings. In the third part of a series, Edith Lin ...

End Of MGNREGA? What VB–G Ram G Means For Rural Workers, Farmers And Viksit Bharat Plan MGNREGA was designed as a safety valve. Its purpose was simple: if private work dried up, the state would step ...

The Union government has written to the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, asking them to organise special gram sabha meetings to “create widespread awareness regarding key ...

'Contractors have their own workers who are underpaid and may not be from the area where the project is implemented,' Dey, associated with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, a civil society ...

Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, or simply VB-G RAM G bill, amid a strong protest by the Opposition members. Union Minister ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin criticized the central government's VB-G RAM G scheme, calling it a "deceptive ploy" that will financially burden states. He accused the BJP of altering the MGNREGA ...

Lok Sabha passed the Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (VB-G-RAM-G Bill), on Thursday. The Opposition has been strongly opposing the Bill, accusing the government of insulting ...

Both Houses of Parliament passed the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, replacing the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ...