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
India’s poverty: There is no end to Surjit Bhalla’s imagination
The IMF executive director has just declared that India was nearly free of extreme poverty in 2020 and inequality was lowest in 40 years due to …
From tailors to paani poori sellers: MGNREGA lends a hand to migrant returnees
DTE visited village Dhamna in Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district to see how life in rural India is being sustained by the biggest …
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
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 …
River revived: MGNREGA bring Palakkad women to water conservation forefront
India’s largest group of women well diggers and a unique river conservation movement
Odisha block residents to get MNREGA employment for 200 days
500 crore package launched to ensure timely, uninterrupted wage payment under MGNREGA and check migration of labour
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
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
Rural distress: Demand for MGNREGA work sees spike again
This points to rural distress despite absence of COVID-19 restrictions on economic activities for past few months
The chase and the change: Let’s look back at 15 years of MGNREGA this World Water Day
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has shown what it can achieve by putting water conservation at its core
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 …
A monumental waste: Crores spent on water-related works haven’t readied Jharkhand for droughts; here’s why
Poor planning of water conservation and water harvesting structures is a major reason
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 …
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
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 …
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
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
COVID-19: What about India’s migrant workers?
Rajasthan-based non-profit presented a charter of demands to union government demanding safety net for migrant workers
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