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Women Dig Wells To Make Village Self-Sufficient For Water Supply
Around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in northern Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn a living.
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135 Million Aadhaar Numbers Publicly Available on Government Sites: CIS Report
Four government portals have given public access to sensitive information like Aadhaar numbers and bank details of almost 135 million Indians.
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From April 1 Aadhaar Will Be Mandatory For Centre's Rural Employment Work
Beginning April 1, people living in rural areas need to have Aadhaar under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that mandates 100 days work for a household annually.
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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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Devendra Fadnavis Reviews Marathwada Water Situation
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today chaired Aurangabad division review meeting to discuss the water scarcity situation in Marathwada region.
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9 Years Later, UPA's Flagship Scheme for Rural Poor Plagued by Lack of Funds
There isn't much to do for Pantho Munda, a resident in Angara village of Jharkhand's Ranchi district. He has spent 18 months working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, or MNREGA, building a well in the village. And he is still waiting for part of his payment.
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In Tamil Nadu labourers choosing NREGA over farms?
While the revolutionary National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has brought higher wages for labourers across the country, farmers and landlords in Tamil Nadu have begun to feel the pinch following its huge success. They don't get labourers to work in their fields due to low wages. Will the new choice force landlords to hike wages? Rural Tamil N...
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Rajasthan village uses touch screen to find jobs
At a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara, job searches have gone high-tech. Villagers can now find jobs provided by the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, simply with a touch of their finger.At a kiosk set up by the NGO OneWorld Foundation India, the worker can just place his thumb on the scanner, and his job status will pop up on the sc...
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Women Dig Wells To Make Village Self-Sufficient For Water Supply
Around 300 women have turned well-diggers in a nondescript village in northern Palakkad district of Kerala to find a solution to the acute water scarcity in the hamlet and earn a living.
-
135 Million Aadhaar Numbers Publicly Available on Government Sites: CIS Report
Four government portals have given public access to sensitive information like Aadhaar numbers and bank details of almost 135 million Indians.
-
From April 1 Aadhaar Will Be Mandatory For Centre's Rural Employment Work
Beginning April 1, people living in rural areas need to have Aadhaar under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) that mandates 100 days work for a household annually.
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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.
-
Devendra Fadnavis Reviews Marathwada Water Situation
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today chaired Aurangabad division review meeting to discuss the water scarcity situation in Marathwada region.
-
9 Years Later, UPA's Flagship Scheme for Rural Poor Plagued by Lack of Funds
There isn't much to do for Pantho Munda, a resident in Angara village of Jharkhand's Ranchi district. He has spent 18 months working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, or MNREGA, building a well in the village. And he is still waiting for part of his payment.
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In Tamil Nadu labourers choosing NREGA over farms?
While the revolutionary National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has brought higher wages for labourers across the country, farmers and landlords in Tamil Nadu have begun to feel the pinch following its huge success. They don't get labourers to work in their fields due to low wages. Will the new choice force landlords to hike wages? Rural Tamil N...
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Rajasthan village uses touch screen to find jobs
At a small village in Rajasthan's Bhilwara, job searches have gone high-tech. Villagers can now find jobs provided by the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, simply with a touch of their finger.At a kiosk set up by the NGO OneWorld Foundation India, the worker can just place his thumb on the scanner, and his job status will pop up on the sc...
