Gandhi Jayanti 2023: How the rural Transvaal was a crucible for the Mahatma’s most cherished ideals
Tolstoy Farm fell into decay during Apartheid but is now being revived
Why MGNREGS workers sought police complaints against the PM
Non-payment of dues, insufficient funds cause for concern
Monsoon deficit spikes rural job demand under MGNREGS
Job demands in some states higher than recorded in COVID-19 pandemic
CAG indicts Bihar for irregularities in rural job scheme implementation
Only 35 per cent beneficiaries got jobs; half of civil work undertaken left incomplete
Experiments in harmony with nature
GANDHI AND HIS ASHRAMS By Mark Thomson Publisher: Popular Prakashan Price: Rs 150
Nation of grumblers
A reminder to Vasundhara Raje
Why employment has to be guaranteed through an Act, not a scheme
West Bengal MGNREGS workers protest over stopping funds to scheme, non-payment of arrears
Protestors gather at chief labour commissioner office, ask for immediate action
MGNREGA: Demand for work up 74% in June
40 million rural households turn to job scheme — the highest since 2013-14
Demand of record 30 million jobs for MGNREGS reflects rural distress
Men outnumbered women for the 1st time in job demand
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
MGNREGA inefficiently managed, finds CAG
Government spent Rs. 1,26,961 crore but hardly 30 per cent works are completed
MGNREGA wages not paid for seven months in Amaravati
Social activists inform Bombay High Court
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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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
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
MGNREGA activist gangraped in Bihar
Victim dies on way to hospital; she had angered influential landlords of her village
As told to Parliament (December 22, 2021): Over 150 million households have jobs cards under MGNREGA
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
Wages worth Rs 3,066 crore unpaid under MGNREGS in 19 states
Even after an order by the Supreme Court, the government has not released the payments
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
