How women seized NREGA

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

Increase minimum wage by Rs 199, cut calorie intake by 300, suggests expert panel

Suggestions include different national minimum wages across different geographical regions in the country to suit local requirement

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

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

Small businesses provide most jobs in under developed, developing nations: ILO

Policy makers need to focus on informal sector and small economic units to address fundamental challenges of employment creation and improvement …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 19-24)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy

Political parties choose farm loan waiver for electoral gains, but at what cost?

Farmers have outstanding loan of Rs12.60 lakh crore, which translates to Rs 100,000 per cultivator

Poverty eradication - Why do we always fail?

The government plans to bring one crore households out of poverty by 2019. Such targets are announced each year, but why don’t they work?

A Mea Culpa budget

The budget is expected to have all the elements that will empower the government to say, ‘We are pro-poor’

Farmers have decreased, farm labourers increased: census report

Only 54.6 per cent of total workers in India are now part of the agriculture sector

Our smaller future

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?

Gujarat v UPA: models of non-governance?

Bihar in reverse gear

State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA

In defence of capitalism

Diluting MGNREGA does not make market sense

Uttaranchal farmers upset at upcoming tea estates

Economy created by NREGA threatens a way of life

Bring back the social sector, but not interventionist planning

Spoils of local bodies

Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are about money and pelf

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