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Will India's economic downturn spur course correction, or will Hindu nationalism enable the decline to perpetuate itself?

That India’s optimistic future is overtaken by concerns about the road ahead. Bangladesh’s rise seems more imminent than India’s. Will economic decline spur course correction? Or, will Hindu nationalism enable the decline to perpetuate itself?

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The wins in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh now appear to be events of the past decade for the Congress.

Jharkhand's focus on asset creation under MGNREGS impressive, but efficacy of mango farms in addressing poverty, migration doubtful

Jharkhand has completed close to nine lakh works between 2016 and 2019, however, this has not lead to an increase in wages under MGNREGS, nor has it addressed migration

Modi's good governance agenda needs a relook

Modi began his tenure with a good governance agenda—he would clean India, spur growth and generate employment in the industrial sector. There would be no need for employment generation programmes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in a skilled India replete with opportunities. Despite these noble intentions, governance has hardly benefited the common citizen

Govt preparing ground for decline of MGNREGS by keeping wages constant year after year, says economist Jean Dreze

The stagnation of real wages, along with the government’s chronic inability to ensure timely and reliable wage payments, is discouraging rural workers from taking up MGNREGS work

All donations to Kerala flood victims to get tax benefits; contributions to NGOs to get 50% tax rebate

Donors should provide the transaction details of donations deposited directly in any of the PMNRF collection banks along with the address of the donor through e-mail at pmnrf@gov.in

Ahead of Chief Ministers Subgroup meeting, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee highlights need to waive institutional loans to farmers

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged a group of chief ministers, set up by the Centre, to consider the need to waive institutional loans of farmers and the formation of adequate budgetary provision for it by the union government.

NITI Aayog meet: Narendra Modi backs NDA's 'cooperative federalism', pitches for simultaneous elections

At the fourth meeting of Niti Aayog's Governing Council, Narendra Modi strongly defended the NDA's 'cooperative federalism-based' approach to governance.

Kerala’s poverty eradication mission Kudumbashree harnesses citizens' groups to help transform women's lives

Between 2008-09 and 2016-17, 90 percent of MGNREGS workers in Kerala were women.

Despite 'record' allocations, 57% of MGNREGS wages due to workers remained unpaid at the end of April 2018

Millions of MGNREGS workers share Prajapati’s predicament–57% of wages due to workers were unpaid at the end of April 2018, as per government data.