Can MGNREGA data serve as real-time index for rural distress?
Four researchers correlated IMD's drought data with the demand for and supply of MGNREGA jobs and created an online interactive map to show areas …
India heads to an unprecedented rural economic crisis
Fifth consecutive drought for 1/3 districts, dipping rural wages, El Nino threatening monsoon have squeezed livelihood options for over 500 …
87% of MGNREGA's annual fund already spent
More than a third of India is facing drought-like situation and a fund crunch in MGNREGA for the remaining financial year can perpetuate the …
Does poverty trigger extremism?
Two recent developments could precipitate a global debate on whether poverty triggers extremism
Report paints thought-provoking picture of developing world due to climate change
The report says that climate change threatens the economic growth trajectories of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia
A question of survival
Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of Shahtoosh shawls threaten the livelihood of thousands of people in Kashmir
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
How MGNREGA helps revive village infra, increase employment in Haryana
Villagers gain employment through the job guarantee scheme, used as a means to revive rural infrastructure like reservoirs, cattle sheds
NGO moves Supreme Court; seeks CBI probe into MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar
Report by Centre for Environment and Food Security says nearly Rs 6,000 crore meant to be paid to wage labourers siphoned off
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 …
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
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
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
Eye-opening study on Punjab's rural women labourers poses many questions in poll season
High debts, sexual exploitation, gender disparity, caste discrimination and exclusion from the political process continue to bedevil these mostly …
Renew political commitment for MGNREGA, MPs write to PM
Severe funds crunch and lack of payments show that the Union government has failed to protect the legal entitlement of millions of rural workers, …
Supreme Court issues directive for implementing MGNREGA, food security Act to tackle drought
In a bid to provide relief to households in drought-hit areas, the apex court directed the Centre to release funds to states for providing …
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
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
No sops for rural Indian
No extra funds for MGNREGA, sanitation; allocations reduced for rural roads and housing programme
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
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
