75 years of people’s power: How Yerlapady in Karnataka sourced funds to manage grey water

The village made efficient use of MGNREGS funds to construct soak pits

Rural unemployment in central India: Why Adivasi communities are worst-hit

The focus of MGNREGA has to be re-shifted to employment generation from asset building

Global unemployment projected to stand at 207 million in 2022: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021

Union Budget 2020-21: An expert’s guide to rural distress

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget has all the ingredients to deepen India’s farm crisis

COVID-19 unemployment: Make agri-food systems equitable for youth, says UN report

The report emphasised on the role of youth as agents of change in food systems  

World Environment Day 2023: This project in south India is all about bridging art, conservation and empowerment

Adivasis make life-sized elephants from lantana; this provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raises awareness …

Rural distress: Demand for MGNREGA work sees spike again

This points to rural distress despite absence of COVID-19 restrictions on economic activities for past few months   

The chase and the change: Let’s look back at 15 years of MGNREGA this World Water Day

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has shown what it can achieve by putting water conservation at its core

Can MGNREGA cushion the COVID-19 lockdown blow for Moradabad’s returning villagers

There is a sharp rise in demand for work under MGNREGA in Moradabad and other districts of the state

Odisha’s big challenge: Meeting MGNREGS target of 200 million person days

Although the state govt picked up pace compared to recent years, there are reports of slowdown in work being done

A monumental waste: Crores spent on water-related works haven’t readied Jharkhand for droughts; here’s why

Poor planning of water conservation and water harvesting structures is a major reason

A tribal family is building a 6-km road to connect an inaccessible Odisha village

Its work would have gone unnoticed if two social workers had not lost their way in the forest near the village

MGNREGA: Rs 1,281 crore in pending wages; minister says enough funds

Union Ministry of Rural Development has, however, sought additional resources for the scheme

Budget 2023-24: Whither rural development? Allocation for livelihood and other schemes sees 14% cuts

Funds for central sector schemes and projects have been reduced to 113 crore from Rs 126 crore

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 …

Reverse migration: How MGNREGA has raised Barmani’s water table

People in Sidhi district now farm 10 months a year; even those who had quit farming are returning to it

On a fast track: How MGNREGA is allaying job distress in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun district administration spent 70% of labour budget between April and July, says official

MGNREGA: Less than a million people got 100 days of work in first 7 months of this financial year

Least number of people got 100 days of work under MGNREGA in 5 years

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 …

Nuapada loved MGNREGA amid COVID-19 lockdown; what happened next?

Villagers who benefitted earlier shy away from jobs progamme as unpaid dues pile up since October 2020

MGNREGS: Difficulty in finding work, delayed wages add to women workers’ woes

The employment scheme worked as a lifeline for rural Indian households during the COVID-19 pandemic

How 3-pond systems helped villagers double yield, save lakhs

A system of three ponds to recycle grey water from the village has helped farmers and panchayats save lakhs of rupees

COVID-19: What about India’s migrant workers?

Rajasthan-based non-profit presented a charter of demands to union government demanding safety net for migrant workers

MGNREGA uplifts villages in drought-prone Bundelkhand

Meegni and Himmatpura in Bundelkhand region have used the scheme to build check dams, water harvesting structures

Is the rural economy driving India’s recovery?

Government spending has led to demand growth in rural areas; but what if it comes down?