Drying up of MGNREGA allocation will shrink the rural economy further
The focus of MGNREGA has, over time, shifted from employment creation to asset creation
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
A job not done
As multiple states launch urban employment guarantee schemes, the need for a Central Act similar to MGNREGA becomes stronger
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
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
From job card holders to migrants: Former MGNREGS workers in West Bengal lament loss of identity and dignity
Workers now falling back into trap of migration with no fixed jobs, income
Standing Committee urges Centre to revise MGNREGS wages, budget
In most of the concerns raised, the committee found replies from the Centre unsatisfactory
Amrit kaal for adivasis? Union Budget 2023-24 weakens safety nets for tribals
Schemes for food security, child welfare, employment guarantee for tribals saw shrinking of funds
MGNREGA could also help India sequester carbon: Study
MGNREGA may have helped capture a total carbon of 102 million tonnes equivalent in 2017-18 through plantations and soil quality improvement works,…
Accountability is oxygen to civic life : How India could have managed COVID-19 better
Lessons from Right to Information and other welfare laws could have led to more transparent and smooth relief plans
Will MGNREGA help again? Rs 1,387 crore pending in wages
Migrant workers are returning to their home states again as COVID-19 pandemic lashes out brutally at several urban centres
MGNREGA graft: Social audit finds irregularities worth Rs 54 lakh in Rajasthan
Corruption was unearthed in 2022 after the workers from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Barmer reported the issue to the Rajasthan government
Why Union Budget 2022-23 falls short in addressing gaps to build disaster resilience
The budgetary allocations under relief on account of natural calamities and MGNREGA have been decreased; this will affect the country in building …
Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village
A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts
Nutrition in backyard gardens: Odisha’s tribal women show the way
The vegetable women grow not only help them eat healthy, but also sell surplus produce and make a living of their own
Saline solution: How MGNREGA helped Nagapattinam recover from the 2004 tsunami
Two villages in the Tamil Nadu district fought soil salinity through MGNREGA
As told to Parliament (March 19, 2021): No special plan for children under 15 impacted by pandemic
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Graft claims in MGNREGA squeezing poor workers, millions unpaid for months
Zero funds to Bengal, Lakshadweep this year, Centre admits in Parliament; activists ask to use pre-existing mechanisms to handle graft
Making migrants count: The role of Indian judiciary amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Supreme Court’s recent order has shifted the focus from protecting workers’ legal rights to government largesse
How MGNREGA is promoting climate-smart villages
The works include constructing percolation tanks, households living in the catchment area for construction of check dams, afforestation, contour&…
Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura
A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles
Secure from drought: How MGNREGA changed lives in Bandlapalli
The village from where the scheme was launched in India, has remained untouched by drought in a water-scarce region
In rural West Bengal, debts mount and socioeconomic fabric collapses in absence of MGNREGS
Local economy hangs by a thread as residents desperately demand revival of the rural employment scheme
As told to Parliament (February 10, 2021): Some 37,439 villages in India without 3G/4G coverage
A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around
The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA
