As told to Parliament (December 22, 2021): Over 150 million households have jobs cards under MGNREGA
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Prioritise and fast-track work on flagship rural schemes: Central report to states
The report is important as the current financial year ends on March 31
Will cash transfer check migration?
India needs to be cautious as experience shows it can backfire
SELF (UN) EMPLOYMENT
Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis
NREGA activists who paid with their lives Narayan Hareka (Orissa)
Union Budget 2024-25: No respite for rural employment as MGNREGS allocation unchanged from 2023-24
Of the Rs 86,000 crore allotted under the interim budget, only Rs 54,000 crore will be available for utilisation for financial year 2024-25
Yes, India needs agrarian reform, but that which is pro-people, not pro-corporate
Here are the steps that central and state governments can take to adopt a pro-people and nature-friendly economic development model for Indian …
How a water project put women in charge and turned the fortunes of a dry Bengal village
With men quitting agriculture to work as unskilled labourers, women lead measures to curb soil erosion
River revived: MGNREGA bring Palakkad women to water conservation forefront
India’s largest group of women well diggers and a unique river conservation movement
Migration in India: A shift in agenda
Migration is an adaptation strategy for communities vulnerable to climate change impacts. Governments should plan for such demographic shifts
Centre to send babus to 255 water-stressed districts. Here’s what they should keep in mind
MGNREGS has implemented a slew of projects, but to hardly any effect. We need to look at the problem afresh
Consult us on linking agriculture with MGNREGA: Farmers write to PM
Rashtriya Kisan Mahashangha demands farmers's involvement in deliberations over use of MGNREGA in farm sector
Telangana pushing for organic farming, but focus is now on giving respite to farmers
Telangana's Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister, Jupally Krishna Rao, says his government is offering loan waiver and subsidies to farmers
Government to pay Rs 11,000 crore for MGNREGA in drought-hit states
While hearing a case on the matter, the Supreme Court slammed the Centre for its ‘non-serious’ attitude and directed it to give …
Ecotourism on the wing
Uttarakhand strikes a balance between conservation and employment by institutionalising birdwatching camps, says Ghazala Shahabuddin,who attended …
A haven for dumping
Outdated federal regulations make Indian reserves in Canada vulnerable to waste dumping from sly and better-off surrounding communities
`Family farming is not a romantic idea. It is business'
The food price rise of 2007-08 highlighted that investments in the agriculture sector have reduced in the past three decades. One of the most …
Activist lands in jail for protesting lack of health facilities in tribal district five years ago
People picket police stations; fellow activist claims case is baseless
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
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
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
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
Look back at the decade: 2010-2019
Developments that shaped the world in the second decade of the new millenium
