-The Times of India
Outsourcing staff of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), who have been on strike for the past one week, have called off their stir following an assurance by MNREGS minister D Manikya Vara Prasad to take a considerate view of the issues raised by them during the cabinet sub-committee meeting on April 3.
The strike since March 24 has affected the livelihood of thousands of poor people working under NREGS scheme. Workers such as field assistants, technical staff, programme officers, struck work demanding enhanced wages and regularisation of their services.