Absence of MGNREGS work take a toll on festivities, medical care and nutrition intake in rural West Bengal

Villagers report grappling to make ends meet due to loss of guaranteed employment

From job card holders to migrants: Former MGNREGS workers in West Bengal lament loss of identity and dignity

Workers now falling back into trap of migration with no fixed jobs, income 

MGNREGA uplifts villages in drought-prone Bundelkhand

Meegni and Himmatpura in Bundelkhand region have used the scheme to build check dams, water harvesting structures

In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS

Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme

Simply Put: Double U-turn

For a decade, earnings of regular salaried & self-employed Indians have been declining: ILO

At the all-India level, 40.8% of regular workers and 51.9% of casual workers did not receive the average daily minimum wage prescribed for …

DTE Coverage: How halt in MGNREGA work affected rural Bengal

Many working-age men have been forced to migrate in search of work, leaving women, children & the elderly behind in ‘ghost villages’

People from which Indian states migrate the most? Answers will surprise you

Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh have the highest overall migration rate according to a recent ILO report