Culture of random, centralised monitoring is killing the spirit of MGNREGA

We do not need systems that alienate people from work and give further control to bureaucracy and frontline functionaries who are responsible for …

May Day: Strengthen NREGA to compensate for rural losses due to COVID-19

India is already paying a heavy price due to the government’s unpreparedness to deal with the health crisis. The Centre should pull up its …

COVID-19 rural crisis: Why MGNREGA needs a harder push

MGNREGA workers across the country on June 29 staged peaceful demonstration, raised demands for higher benefits and wages

COVID-19: Centre’s relief package an eyewash for NREGA workers

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore package by the Centre has nothing for the 13 million NREGA workers

Flawed claims about NREGA implementation  

It is good to know that rural development secretary Amarjeet Sinha felt MGNREGA implementation could be improved. But his assessments are far …

Underfunding, misleading claims: The story of MGNREGA in New India

Govt has made tall claims on NREGA implementation; but it is neither keen on providing dignified wages nor allocating adequate funds for the scheme

Does Centre’s move to hike MGNREGA wages hold any value?

While this news might excite millions of rural workers, in reality, the workers will only be handed disappointment and pain

Why linking MGNREGA payments to Aadhaar is a mistake

How did the government apply Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act to the payments of MGNREGA remuneration, which in no way seem to be in accordance …

Why MGNREGS workers sought police complaints against the PM

Non-payment of dues, insufficient funds cause for concern

Jharkhand’s success story of fruit plantation under MGNREGA

The state’s experience in horticulture orchards can serve as a model for the country

MGNREGA’s information system flawed, misguiding

The scheme's Management Information System destroys local accountability, promotes centralisation and administrative control and gives out wrong data

MGNREGA is failing: 10 reasons why

The government is relying heavily on the MGNREGA MIS to show that all is well, while it should actually review its MIS system itself …

Despite being eligible, 1.7 million people in Jharkhand do not get pension

Public hearing in Ranchi exposed how Aadhaar is a major hurdle for half of the eligible pensioners in availing benefits

Bhima-Koregaon case: Crackdown on Jharkhand tribal rights activist shameful

State surveillance is becoming a norm in the society, which does not allow citizens to exercise and practice their democratic rights

An attack on grassroots democracy?

Why the Jharkhand government is promoting illegal, parallel governance

Farewell to welfare

Jharkhand government’s pilot Direct Benefit Transfer project has made public distribution system more complicated and exclusionary

Yojna Banao Abhiyan - then a hit, now a miss

The local administration in Jharkhand is undermining the decentralised scheme, created to enhance livelihood, manage natural resources and …

Jharkhand’s MGNREGA sahayta kendras show the way

MGNREGA budget has declined in real terms over the years, despite claims of “highest ever” allocations