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Kerala Requires Rs 30,000 Crore For Rebuilding: State Finance Minister

Kerala News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 3, 2018

Flood-battered Kerala needs Rs 30,000 crore to rebuild, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said on Monday.

Government Focus To Shift From Reforms To Social Sector In 2018: Report

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 10, 2018

According to Deutsche Bank, the Narendra Modi government's priorities are expected to shift from reforms to specified policy initiatives aimed at improving job opportunities and growth numbers.

Jharkhand Minister Offers Aadhaar Compromise Amid Anger Over Girl's Death

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday October 21, 2017

The Jharkhand government today said people in the state don't need the unique identity number Aadhaar to get food from the public distribution system, 23 days after an 11-year-old girl allegedly died of starvation. Local activists had alleged that the girl, Santoshi Kumari, died of starvation on September 28 after her family was denied ration for t...

Diwali Not Bright For Madhya Pradesh Labourers Waiting For NREGA Wages

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday October 19, 2017

The festival of lights will not bring any festivity and happiness to many labourers in Madhya Pradesh. Reason: they say they haven't been paid for two-three months

Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Congress Releases Manifesto, Promises To Reverse Migration

India News | Written by Nikhil Pandhi | Monday February 6, 2017

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.

Opinion: Nice To See NREGA Trending. But Urgent Fixes Needed.

Opinion | Reetika Khera | Friday February 3, 2017

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...

Opinion: Budget Shows Modi Has Found His Narrative For 2019

Opinion | Mihir Swarup Sharma | Wednesday February 1, 2017

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.

Opinion: On Aadhaar Success, It's All Hype - That Includes The World Bank

Opinion | Reetika Khera | Thursday July 21, 2016

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

India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das | Saturday June 18, 2016

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

India News | Written by Ketki Angre | Saturday May 14, 2016

"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

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Sunday May 8, 2016

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

Divya Vishwanathan | Monday April 25, 2016

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

India News | Sreenivasan Jain (With Inputs From Sonal Matharu and Aishwarya Iyer) | Sunday April 17, 2016

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

India News | Written by Ketki Angre | Thursday April 7, 2016

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.

Aadhaar Made Wages Easier, But Jobs Harder To Get Without It In Jharkhand

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Wednesday April 6, 2016

For many of Jharkhand's poor, who depend on the Centre's rural jobs scheme or NREGA for 100 days of work every year, an Aadhaar card has been the ticket to hassle free wage payments.