Levelled out: MGNREGA helps bring in more land under cultivation in Ranga Reddy
Having levelled the terrain, farmers for the first time take up agriculture
Indian lessons for Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's handling of its social programmes amidst a political crisis will have immense ramifications
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 …
MGNREGA wages not paid for seven months in Amaravati
Social activists inform Bombay High Court
MGNREGA: Workers call for scrapping of attendance scheme at Jantar Mantar protest
The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha alleged that the claims of government about smooth functioning of the scheme were false and misleading
Threadbare clothes, school drop outs due to lack of uniforms: West Bengal MGNREGA workers’ lives in tatters
Central government’s freeze on funds for rural employment scheme has completely degraded villagers’ living conditions
Stark difference: MGNREGS demand in West Bengal plummets on paper, but villagers say desperate for work
Work demand dropped to 2.4 million in 2022-23 from 13.2 million 2020-21
Just 3% of MNREGA job seekers received unemployment allowance, shows central panel report
Department of Rural Development replies will look into the issue, state government’s responsibility to pay interest accrued on unpaid …
Taking charge for water
A young sarpanch in Maharashtra helps his village residents avail drinking water at home
How MGNREGA water conservation project turned a Rajasthan district into an Oasis
The greenery in Dungarpur district is a stark contrast to the desert state
Echoing the soul of rural India
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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
No, economic recovery has not brought about a drop in MGNREGA job demand: Experts
Delayed wages due to a lack of funds has eroded the confidence of job seekers in MGNREGA; This has driven down demand for work under the scheme …
Flour surplus: Ponds transformed farming in villages of Jharkhand's Pakur
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act helped flood-hit Jhenagaria build back stronger
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
Aam Aadmi Party can deliver if
It should focus on alternative politics and not on becoming a political alternative. It should strive for solutions outside the vexed …
A Gandhian economist ahead of his time
Kumarappa was a close associate of Gandhiji and a firm believer in the theory the village must be made the focus of economic planning. Aware of …
As told to Parliament (March 23, 2021): 40% more MGNREGS person days in 2020-21
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Recharge plan: Tupewadi’s tryst with MGNREGA a boost to water table
Having depleted groundwater, Jalna farmers replenish the resource through bunds
Union Budget 2020-21: Total rural budgetary allocation, including MGNREGA slashed
This comes even as rural India is suffering its worst unemployment crisis in 45 years
Union Budget 2019-20: First time in five years, MGNREGA gets Rs 1,084 crore less
Budget allocation for Ministry of Rural Development gets Rs 5,200 crore extra
Unpaid for months, MGNREGA workers protest in national capital
3-day demonstation by workers from across the country; Demand for more funds allocation to employment programme
Drought, but why: Several districts in peril every year
Despite 40 years of efforts and huge resource allocation, drought continues to hit the same districts over and again
Sterlite protest is a call for Swaraj
The people's movement in Tuticorin against Sterlite and for a clean environment reinforces the ideal of Swaraj and democracy as envisioned …