Bull's eye

India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme put on hold

Employment guarantee scheme brought to an abrupt halt

Cast away

After being at the receiving end of both militants and the state government, Kashmir's village heads are now threatening to boycott next year's …

Employment schemes fail to ease rural poverty

The government's employment generation schemes, laudable though they may be, have yet to achieve their goals. Not involving intended …

Business on pedals

MGNREGA wages not paid for seven months in Amaravati

Social activists inform Bombay High Court

Bihar lowers wage under MGNREGA

State blames poor financial condition for the move

Low-paid, young women: The grim truth about who this recession is hitting hardest

While total monthly hours worked by men fell by 7.7% between March and May, total monthly hours worked by women fell 12%  

Scheme against jobs

Government is bent upon shrinking jobs for the poor by fundamentally changing the rural employment guarantee scheme against the advice of its …

कोरोना महामारी में सबसे ज्यादा संकट और दबाव में हैं गांव की महिलाएं : आईएफएडी

अंतरराष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण महिला दिवस पर यूएन की ओर से कहा गया कि इस वक्त देश की सरकारों को सबसे ज्यादा ग्रामीण महिलाओं की सुरक्षा ...

45% of migrants will stay back in Uttarakhand, says CM Rawat

Down To Earth speaks to Uttarkhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat about his government’s efforts to keep residents from migrating

विशेष रिपोर्ट भाग-5: असंगठित मजदूर क्यों हो रहे हैं अपने अधिकारों से वंचित

स्वंतत्र रूप से प्रवासी मजदूरों की असंगठित क्षेत्र में तादाद बढ़ रही है, इस तरह वे समूह पर लागू होने वाले कानूनी प्रावधानों और ...

बजट 2020-21: मनरेगा के आवंटन में 15 फीसदी की कमी, कैसे सुधरेगी ग्रामीण अर्थव्यवस्था?

वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने न केवल ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय का बजट कम कर दिया है, बल्कि संशोधित अनुमान के मुकाबले मनरेगा के बजट ...

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मनरेगा को 12 साल से अधिक का समय गुजर गया है लेकिन ग्रामीण भारत के लिए ये दो जून की रोटी भी मुयस्सर नहीं ...

Going backward

As the Maratha community in Maharashtra finally gets 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, Down To Earth profiles other …

Civil society rejects recommendation of Nagesh Singh committee on MGNREGS

Activists say that the committee was set up to invalidate the recommendation of previous committee on wages under the employment gaurantee scheme

In Parliament on December 16, 2016

A round up of environment- and development-related discussions in the parliament today 

MGNREGS: ‘Monument of failure’ or ‘saviour’?

On the 10th anniversary of the rural job guarantee scheme, Down To Earth evaluates its successes and drawbacks

Wealth in waste

Rapped for inaction

SC takes governments to task over tardiness in executing food-based employment schemes following starvation deaths in Rajasthan

Greens see red

Work for food

Employment guarantee means entitlement to rural livelihood and food security

Increased funding for bamboo project

China's stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this …

Revamp, really?

Government juggles with data to rehash Northeast India's industrial policy

A new silk route out of China

The Asian giant unravels the most extensive genetic mapping of the silkworm