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• 2010
  • Update 113
• 2009
  • September 2009
    • Update 110:
      • Centre issues order on appointment of Ombudsman
      • Gujarat: 2376 workers receive Rs. 34 lakhs after months of struggle
    • Update 109:
      • Delays in Wage Payments
      • Freeze on NREGA Wages and AP High Court on the freeze
      • Notification (22 July) on inclusion of small and marginal farmers
      • NREGA meetings in Delhi, 17-20 August
  • June 2009
    • Update 108 : Compensation for delayed wage payments to 265 NREGA workers in Khunti, Dharna against pending payments in six districts, Delays in wage payments, Invitation to Mazdoor Mela, 25 June 2009
      • NREGA Rozgar Mela (25 June, Vijaypura)
      • Documents related to Compensation for delayed wage payment
  • May 2009
    • Update 107 : Mazdoor Mela in Bhim, Lalit Mehta Sahadat Diwas, Trouble in West Bengal, NREGA meeting of right to food groups in Gujarat
  • April 2009
    • Update 106 : Lalit Mehta Sahadat Diwas, Articles on NREGA and Sangtin Sangathan’s Struggle [Hindi]
  • March 2009
    • Update 105: Jan Manch, Lok Adalat, Maharashtra, Unemployment allowance in Manika zipped attachments
    • Update 104: "Jan Manch on EGA and RTI, NREGA wages frozen
  • January 2009
    • Update 103: Battle for Work, Social Audit Mini-Manual, Action 2009
• 2008
  • October 2008
    • Update 102: NREGA rules; Seminar on NREGA; Pratapgarh news
  • September 2008
    • Update 101: National helpline; Action taken in Surguja; SDO runs jeep over activists in Darbhanga; Loot in NREGA in Bihar; Betul; Recent articles on NREGA
  • July 2008
    • Special Jharkhand Update : Lalit Mehta's murder; Kameshwar Yadav's murder; Tapas Soren commits suicide
  • April 2008
    • Update 100: New NREGA related material; CSE's review of NREGA; NREGA in Jehanabad; Jhalawar social audit report/news; Orissa news; NREGA news from Raichur; AIALA's Nationwide Campaign on NREGA (2 items); Finally ��� some news from the Ministry of Rural Development
• 2007 [Consolidated updates for 2007]
  • November 2007
    • Update 99: Orissa unemployment allowance; Exclusion in the NREGA (Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh; CEGC visit, Orissa; Banswara/Jhalawar social audits (Rajasthan); Right to Food meeting, Allahabad; NREGA training for District Collectors, Mussoorie (November 2007)
    • Update 98: Forthcoming Events; Orissa Interim report; Election Code of conduct and NREGA; Villupuram Social Audit Report; NREGA in South Africa; World Food Day in UP (2 November 2007)
  • October 2007
    • Update 97: NREGA Helpline in Karnataka; NREGA Survey in Orissa (3-13 October, 2007); Social Audit Training in Kushi Nagar (8-25 October); Mass Social Audit in Jhalawar, Rajasthan; Chitra Katha: A Creative Commons, India Film Contest On The Right To Information (3 October 2007)
  • September 2007
    • Update 96: Social Audit Manual (MKSS); Satyagraha in Raichur, Karnataka (17 September 2007)
  • August 2007
    • Update 95: Mass Padyatra in Rajasthan (Rozgar Evum Suchna Ka Adhikar Abhiyan); social audit of NREGA in Villupuram, Tamil Nadu (7 August 2007)
  • June 2007
    • Update 94: Banswara and Surguja social audits (26 June 2007)
    • Update 93: TN social audit (23 June 2007)
  • May 2007
    • Update 92: Ranchi social audit: summary findings (24 May 2007)
    • Update 91: NREGA news from AP, UP and Assam (15 May 2007)
    • Update 90: Ranchi social audit (14-24 May, 2007) [4 May 2007]
  • April 2007
    • Update 89: Accident compensation under NREGA (24 April 2007)
    • Update 88: Surveys and social audits (19 April 2007)
    • Update 87: Unemployment allowance paid in Orissa (2 April 2007)
  • March 2007
    • Update 86 (27 March 2007)
    • Update 85 (22 March 2007)
    • Update 84 (9 March 2007)
    • Update 83 (4 March 2007)
  • February 2007
    • Update 82 (28 February 2007)
    • Update 81 (24 February 2007)
    • Update 80 (17 February 2007)
    • Update 79 (14 February 2007)
    • Update 78 (13 February 2007)
    • Update 77 (11 February 2007)
  • January 2007
    • Update 76 (29 January 2007)
    • Update 75 (24 January 2007)
• 2006
  • December 2006
    • Update 74 (30 December 2006)
  • October 2006
    • Update 73 (15 November 2006)
    • Update 72
    • Update 71 (20 October 2006)
    • Update 70 (8 October 2006)
  • September 2006
    • Update 69 (28 September 2006)
    • Update 68 (18 September 2006)
  • August 2006
    • Update 67 (24 August 2006)
    • Update 66 (18 August 2006)
  • July 2006
    • Update 65 (26 July 2006)
    • Update 64 (18 July 2006)
    • Update 63 (12 July 2006)
  • Update 62 (1 April 2006)
  • Update 61 (8 February 2006)
  • Update 60 (7 January 2006)
• 2005 [Consolidated updates for 2005]
  • December 2005
    • Update 59 (23 December 2005)
    • Update 58 (1 December 2005)
  • Update 57 (7 November 2005)
  • Update 56 (18 September 2005)
  • August 2005
    • Update 55 (30 August 2005)
    • Update 54 (17 August 2005)
    • Update 53 (17 August 2005)
    • Update 52 (15 August 2005)
    • Update 51 (14 August 2005)
    • Update 50 (6 August 2005)
  • July 2005
    • Update 49 (27 July 2005)
    • Update 48 (25 July 2005)
    • Update 47 (22 July 2005)
    • Update 46 (16 July 2005)
    • Update 45 (12 July 2005)
    • Update 44 (7 July 2005)
  • June 2005
    • Update 43 (29 June 2005)
    • Update 42 (27 June 2005)
    • Update 41 (18 June 2005)
    • Update 40 (12 June 2005)
    • Update 39 (9 June 2005)
    • Update 38 (6 June 2005)
    • Update 37 (2 June 2005)
  • May 2005
    • Update 36 (31 May 2005)
    • Update 35 (31 May 2005)
    • Update 34 (26 May 2005)
• May 2005-November 2004
  • Update 33
  • Update 32
  • Update 31
  • Update 30
  • Update 29
  • Update 28
  • Update 27
  • Update 26
  • Update 25
  • Update 24
  • Update 23
  • Update 22
  • Update 21
  • Update 20
  • Update 19
  • Update 18
  • Update 17
  • Update 16
  • Update 15
  • Update 14
  • Update 13
  • Update 12
  • Update 11
  • Update 10
  • Update 9
  • Update 8
  • Update 7
  • Update 6
  • Update 5
  • Update 4
  • Update 3
  • Update 2
  • Update 1

Last updated: 24 April 2010