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Jaipur Labourers Can Now Sign Their Names, Thanks To NREGA Akhar Campaign
Under "NREGA Akhar Campaign", Jaipur district administration is teaching labourers to sign their names and providing them with basic numerical education.
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Rajasthan Increases Workdays To 125 Days In Job Guarantee Scheme
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal to increase the number of workdays from 100 to 125 under the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme.
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NREGA Work Begins After Coronavirus Lockdown Relaxation In Puducherry
Work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme, which provides employment to poor people in rural areas, started from Monday in Puducherry.
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Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Congress Releases Manifesto, Promises To Reverse Migration
A day after the BJP released its manifesto for Uttarakhand, the ruling Congress today released its election manifesto centred around the emotive issue of countering migration from the hill-state.
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Nice To See NREGA Trending. But Urgent Fixes Needed.
The "highest ever allocation" to NREGA (which also led to it trending on Twitter) in the Union Budget has provided a useful opportunity to raise some pressing issues related to the implementation of the scheme. It is natural, and welcome, that the government turn to NREGA to provide much-needed relief to those whose already precarious lives have be...
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Budget Shows Modi Has Found His Narrative For 2019
There is only one way to evaluate policy in Narendra Modi's India: how many patriotic WhatsApp messages can it spawn? By that yardstick at least, his government's fourth budget is a tremendous success.
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On Aadhaar Success, It's All Hype - That Includes The World Bank
Aadhaar was supposed to be a "game-changer" and improve the implementation of welfare programmes. Indeed, it is living up to its game-changing promise - except, it is doing this by wrecking welfare programmes.
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Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
In a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, among the worst-affected from this year's drought, 50-year-old Kallu Lal Tiwary was hopeful of finding work under the Centre's employment guarantee scheme for the first time in eight years.
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'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
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With Work, Karnataka Attempts To Stop Migration Due To Drought
As thousands of people in Karnataka abandon their rural homes during this year's parched summer in search of work to the cities, authorities hope to check the flow by providing work locally.
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Uprooted By Drought, They Search For Home, Hope In Telangana Cities
In its third successive year of drought, Telangana has seen massive migration to cities like Hyderabad from far flung areas.
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NREGA Vs Drought: Why The Centre's Promises Don't Add Up
As thousands of villages in the country come under the grip of drought, the role of the government's flagship work guarantee scheme, NREGA or National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, becomes crucial.
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As NREGA Funds Slow Down, Top Court Questions Centre Citing Drought
As farmers across nine states stare at drought, their income from Centre's MNREGA scheme -- a safety net for the rural poor -- also appears to have dried up. With this in mind, the Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition on drought, said the Central government needs to recognise that there is a problem.
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For NREGA, Tamil Nadu Is The Only Hope
NREGA labourers have remained at the centre of administrator's efforts.
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The Sarkar Parades Into a Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh Village
Our broadcast story on how drought-hit farmers there were filling their stomachs with long-abandoned grasses and weeds, had launched the UP government into action. But alarmingly, their response was to try and cover up the whole crisis.
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Jaipur Labourers Can Now Sign Their Names, Thanks To NREGA Akhar Campaign
Under "NREGA Akhar Campaign", Jaipur district administration is teaching labourers to sign their names and providing them with basic numerical education.
-
Rajasthan Increases Workdays To 125 Days In Job Guarantee Scheme
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a proposal to increase the number of workdays from 100 to 125 under the Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme.
-
NREGA Work Begins After Coronavirus Lockdown Relaxation In Puducherry
Work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme, which provides employment to poor people in rural areas, started from Monday in Puducherry.
-
Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Congress Releases Manifesto, Promises To Reverse Migration
A day after the BJP released its manifesto for Uttarakhand, the ruling Congress today released its election manifesto centred around the emotive issue of countering migration from the hill-state.
-
Nice To See NREGA Trending. But Urgent Fixes Needed.
The "highest ever allocation" to NREGA (which also led to it trending on Twitter) in the Union Budget has provided a useful opportunity to raise some pressing issues related to the implementation of the scheme. It is natural, and welcome, that the government turn to NREGA to provide much-needed relief to those whose already precarious lives have be...
-
Budget Shows Modi Has Found His Narrative For 2019
There is only one way to evaluate policy in Narendra Modi's India: how many patriotic WhatsApp messages can it spawn? By that yardstick at least, his government's fourth budget is a tremendous success.
-
On Aadhaar Success, It's All Hype - That Includes The World Bank
Aadhaar was supposed to be a "game-changer" and improve the implementation of welfare programmes. Indeed, it is living up to its game-changing promise - except, it is doing this by wrecking welfare programmes.
-
Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
In a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, among the worst-affected from this year's drought, 50-year-old Kallu Lal Tiwary was hopeful of finding work under the Centre's employment guarantee scheme for the first time in eight years.
-
'Nothing To Be Proud Of': Supreme Court's Indictment Of NREGA
"A success rate below 50 per cent is nothing to be proud of," is how the Supreme Court spoke of the country's rural employment guarantee scheme while delivering it's judgement on drought and pulling up state governments and the Centre.
-
With Work, Karnataka Attempts To Stop Migration Due To Drought
As thousands of people in Karnataka abandon their rural homes during this year's parched summer in search of work to the cities, authorities hope to check the flow by providing work locally.
-
Uprooted By Drought, They Search For Home, Hope In Telangana Cities
In its third successive year of drought, Telangana has seen massive migration to cities like Hyderabad from far flung areas.
-
NREGA Vs Drought: Why The Centre's Promises Don't Add Up
As thousands of villages in the country come under the grip of drought, the role of the government's flagship work guarantee scheme, NREGA or National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, becomes crucial.
-
As NREGA Funds Slow Down, Top Court Questions Centre Citing Drought
As farmers across nine states stare at drought, their income from Centre's MNREGA scheme -- a safety net for the rural poor -- also appears to have dried up. With this in mind, the Supreme Court, which is hearing a petition on drought, said the Central government needs to recognise that there is a problem.
-
For NREGA, Tamil Nadu Is The Only Hope
NREGA labourers have remained at the centre of administrator's efforts.
-
The Sarkar Parades Into a Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh Village
Our broadcast story on how drought-hit farmers there were filling their stomachs with long-abandoned grasses and weeds, had launched the UP government into action. But alarmingly, their response was to try and cover up the whole crisis.
