India becomes first country to adopt an agroforestry policy
Four-day world congress on agroforestry in Delhi pushes for accelerating growing trees on farms for sustainable agriculture and mitigating …
Rural options for Odisha’s returnee migrants
The state’s track record in engaging people under MGNREGA has been mixed so far. Hence, this huge returnee workforce must be gainfully …
Will India officially be poverty free in 2023?
National Statistical Office rolling out consumption expenditure sample survey; may note impact of central schemes adding to people’s income
PMO orders huge cuts in social sector spending for 2015-16
Employment guarantee, rural road and sanitation schemes among those likely to be affected
MPs funds to now be used to develop over 2,000 ‘model’ villages
Ministry of rural development will channelise MPs’ funds through different schemes for Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Angry Vidarbha farmers vote for BJP
Congress loses its bastion for failing to implement poverty alleviation schemes and inadequate disaster relief for farmers in distress
COVID-19: Centre’s financial package through DBT attracts criticism
Financial assistance given to approximately 390 million beneficiaries, says Union government, countered by experts who say stranded migrants left out
Runup to Interim Budget 2024: The minimum NREGA budget for FY 2024-25 must be Rs 2.71 lakh crore
The government must recognise the significance of NREGA and ensure adequate budgets that allow the programme to function as intended
Just 3% of MNREGA job seekers received unemployment allowance, shows central panel report
Department of Rural Development replies will look into the issue, state government’s responsibility to pay interest accrued on unpaid …
Simply Put: Promise of work, not wages?
Demand of record 30 million jobs for MGNREGS reflects rural distress
Men outnumbered women for the 1st time in job demand
Simply Put: All work & no pay
Stark difference: MGNREGS demand in West Bengal plummets on paper, but villagers say desperate for work
Work demand dropped to 2.4 million in 2022-23 from 13.2 million 2020-21
Wages worth Rs 3,066 crore unpaid under MGNREGS in 19 states
Even after an order by the Supreme Court, the government has not released the payments
MGNREGA wages not paid for seven months in Amaravati
Social activists inform Bombay High Court
Checking migration: Odisha extends MGNREGA-supplementary job guarantee to 10 tribal blocks
Job-seekers to get additional Rs 115 a day over MGNREGA wage; implementation isn't proper, says expert
As told to Parliament (March 28, 2023): India recorded three H3N2 deaths, 1,317 cases
All that was discussed in the House through the day
MGNREGA activist gangraped in Bihar
Victim dies on way to hospital; she had angered influential landlords of her village
As told to Parliament (July 19, 2019): Rat-hole mining in Assam since 10 years
Orchard in nowhere: How MGNREGA has helped in greening up Sabarkantha villages
The district in arid northern Gujarat has taken up orchard cultivations
MGNREGA: How mandating Aadhaar-based payment is pushing rural India into poverty, forcing migration
Over 89 million workers will be unable to access work and thereby receive wages under MGNREGA
MGNREGA: Demand for work up 74% in June
40 million rural households turn to job scheme — the highest since 2013-14
As told to Parliament (July 25, 2023): Over 50 million job cards of MGNREGA workers deleted in 2022-23, says minister
A reminder to Vasundhara Raje
Why employment has to be guaranteed through an Act, not a scheme
MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented
Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom