Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals
Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds
MGNREGA could also help India sequester carbon: Study
MGNREGA may have helped capture a total carbon of 102 million tonnes equivalent in 2017-18 through plantations and soil quality improvement works,…
Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA
The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country
MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan
Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to the Rajasthan government
Centre has withheld Rs 7,500 crore in MGNREGA funds to West Bengal for a year, claims report
MGNREGA workers in Bengal not paid wages of Rs 2744 crore for a year, report by Libtech India found
Why Union Budget 2022-23 falls short in addressing gaps to build disaster resilience
The budgetary allocations under relief on account of natural calamities and MGNREGA have been decreased; this will affect the country in building …
Jobs round the year: How MGNREGA made Balangir job-secure
The success of MGNREGA projects has made Odisha offer 300 days of guaranteed work a year to curb distress migration in this district
Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village
A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts
Saline solution: How MGNREGA helped Nagapattinam recover from the 2004 tsunami
Two villages in the Tamil Nadu district fought soil salinity through MGNREGA
Formulate, implement national urban employment guarantee, workers tell Centre
The pandemic and subsequent national lockdown have exposed the long-existing vulnerabilities faced by India’s urban poor
Pro-poor schemes in plenty, but no end to tribal community struggles
Governance has virtually collapsed in tribal regions; most welfare and development schemes hardly reach even 10% of the targets
MGNREGA scheme failed on many counts: report
In the last five years, the average person days of work generated per household under MGNREGS remained less than 50 across years
Making migrants count: The role of Indian judiciary amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Supreme Court’s recent order has shifted the focus from protecting workers’ legal rights to government largesse
Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura
A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles
Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli
The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region
As told to Parliament (February 10, 2021): Some 37,439 villages in India without 3G/4G coverage
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A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around
The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA
Monsoon deficit spikes rural job demand under MGNREGS
Job demands in some states higher than recorded in COVID-19 pandemic
Critical to look beyond Bihar’s MGNREGA employment numbers
Agro-ecological suitability of MGNREGA works and created assets driving these employment figures are key lenses
How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living
Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts
Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds
The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA
COVID-19: Even skilled workers line up for MGNREGA in Kurukshetra
With economic recovery uncertain, those who would earlier avoid central job schemes are now ready to take up work
West Bengal MGNREGS workers protest over stopping funds to scheme, non-payment of arrears
Protestors gather at chief labour commissioner office, ask for immediate action
MGNREGA: Demand for work up 74% in June
40 million rural households turn to job scheme — the highest since 2013-14
NDA introduces changes in MGNREGA
Rural development ministry to make social audit compulsory; create more durable assets in blocks and districts, instead of villages