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
Threadbare clothes, school drop outs due to lack of uniforms: West Bengal MGNREGA workers’ lives in tatters
Central government’s freeze on funds for rural employment scheme has completely degraded villagers’ living conditions
Punjab bats for direct seeding of rice. But will it help farmers?
Lack of migrant labourers in the wake of COVID-19-fuelled reverse migration has prompted state government to abandon traditional transplantation …
Mandatory digital attendance for MGNREGS will destroy it, activists warn
Lack of access to technology will discourage workers, drive them to work for cheaper wages outside of scheme
MGNREGA: Workers call for scrapping of attendance scheme at Jantar Mantar protest
The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha alleged that the claims of government about smooth functioning of the scheme were false and misleading
From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees
DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …
On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun
Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official
MGNREGS: How the employment guarantee scheme holds up after 14 years
The scheme helped villagers beat poverty, created assets; Despite criticisms, it's time to ready MGREGS 2.0