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Govt needs people’s participation to conserve water: PM Modi
In his virtual address at the first national conference of water ministers from states, PM Modi said water should be a subject of cooperation, collaboration and coordination among states and asked them to plan in advance in view of the fast pace of urbanisation
Around 39% MGNREGA card holders didn't get 'single day of work in 2020-21'
"Across all blocks, roughly 39 per cent of all the job card-holding households interested in working in MGNREGA in the Covid year could not get a single day of work while they wanted 77 days of work on average," according to a report
Obfuscation Overload: Beware the perils of abstraction when discussing freebies
Framing of mundane policy matters — are freebies a good policy given the states’ fiscal health — in some abstract democratic process often obfuscates more than it clarifies. The price of this obfuscation, and the resulting confusion, is borne by the poor
Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in eight years, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Speaking to reporters in Kamareddy district of Telangana on Thursday, the finance minister said Telangana was given Rs 20,000 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in the past eight years
Centre spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in eight years
"During the past eight years, Telangana received Rs 20,000 crore under MGNREGA. During the same period all over the country Rs 5 lakh crore has been spent, out of which more than 20 per cent was spent in 2020-21 during COVID-19 pandemic," Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said
MGNREGA played saviour for millions during COVID, but PM Modi did not acknowledge it: Rahul Gandhi
Criticising the Prime Minister for describing the MGNREGA as one of the "living monuments of the failures" of the Congress-led UPA, Rahul Gandhi said the PM had not understood the depth of the mass employment scheme
Release Rs 7,130 crore due to West Bengal under MGNREGA: TMC to Centre
In a letter to Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh, TMC MPs said the department was not releasing the funds pending for over five months
We The Change: We need to restore the planet while creating sustainable livelihoods for people
The cost of mitigation through restoration is very less compared to the cost we will have to bear when disasters strike.
Geospatial planning portal Yuktdhara to help facilitating new MGNREGA assets
The name given is very apt as the word ''Yukt'' is derived from ''Yojanam'' (planning) and ''Dhara'' indicates flow.
'Pop stars commenting on farmers' protest, but govt not interested': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre on agri laws
The Wayanad MP, who is on a two-day visit to his constituency in poll-bound Kerala, also took a dig at PM Narendra Modi for 'ridiculing' MGNREGA scheme
80% of India's informal workers lost jobs during COVID lockdown, 63% survived on two meals a day, shows data
Government needs to take action regarding job security, social security benefits, food security, health benefits, and safety in the informal sector in such a way that it not only manages the current crisis, but also immunises the sector from future shocks
Union Budget 2021: Govt allocates Rs 73,000 cr to MGNREGA, over 34% less than in FY20
The budgetary estimate for MGNREGA for 2020-21 was Rs 61,500 crore. The Centre allocated an additional Rs 40,000 crore as part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana
MNREGA during COVID-19 pandemic: More households got work in 2020, but fund crunch a major concern, finds study
The importance of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as a safety net for the rural poor increased manifold during the COVID-19 lockdown, a new report has found
Rahul Gandhi says necessary to implement MGNREGA, NYAY to boost economy hit by COVID-19 pandemic
Congress has been urging the Centre to scale up the MGNREGA scheme and expand its scope to meet the growing work demand in the wake of the coronavirus crisis
Despite 78% of rural India finding no work in lockdown, survey shows 74% backs Modi govt in COVID-19 fight
Additionally, more than 68% rural Indians faced 'high' to 'very high' monetary difficulties during lockdown, the survey conducted by Gaon Connection and Centre for the Study of Developing Societies found
At 8.5 percent, unemployment rate falls to pre-lockdown levels, suggests CMIE data; rural employment likely to see 'bigger gains' in coming months
India’s unemployment rate reduced to pre-lockdown levels at 8.5 percent during the week that ended on 21 June, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) said.
Sonia Gandhi calls MGNREGA a powerful mechanism to help people, asks Centre not to play politics 'in time of crisis'
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday made an impassioned plea for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to be depoliticised, saying it is a powerful mechanism that can be used to help the people of India in "their time of need."
Agrarian distress, shoddy enforcement of MNREGA in Marathwada and Vidarbha leave migrant workers in Maharashtra little choice but to return to cities
With farming increasingly proving to be unprofitable due to various reasons in Maharashtra, migrant workers returning to villages will have to return to urban centres for livelihood as soon as lockdown eases.
Samajwadi Party leader, son shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal following dispute over construction of road under MGNREGS; two held
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Samajwadi Party leader and his son, who were shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on Tuesday after a dispute with a group of villagers over the construction of a road.
Coronavirus pandemic: A systems approach to mitigate the social and economic fallout of COVID-19
We are living in the time of a pandemic that although unique to our generation, mimics the one exactly a century ago. Not only is the pandemic triggered by a respiratory virus, its effect on both human health and livelihoods is similarly astronomical — bringing the wheels of the economy to a halt