Jairam Ramesh proposes making rural job scheme less labour-intensive

Revised MGNREGS guidelines to be finalised end of this week

Congress socialist party?

Left-of-centre agenda must not be abandoned

From where our food will come

How green is the budget?

Time to be different

Bihar has little money to pay workers under MGNREGS

Blames Centre for non-release of funds

UPA announces poll sop for tribals

Centre promises 150 days of work to tribal households under MGNREGA

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor

CAG indicts Bihar for irregularities in rural job scheme implementation

Only 35 per cent beneficiaries got jobs; half of civil work undertaken left incomplete

Make India drought-proof

Our smaller future

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Last ditch attempt

UPA gives sops under MGNREGS to attract rural voters ahead of elections

Budget through the years post liberalisation

Run up to Budget 2012-13

Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam

Rural employment guarantee scheme is keeping them engaged

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

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 …

Drought of equity

A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and …

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 …

MGNREGS: ‘Monument of failure’ or ‘saviour’?

On the 10th anniversary of the rural job guarantee scheme, Down To Earth evaluates its successes and drawbacks

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

Study puts MGNREGS in Punjab under scanner

The employment scheme generated 20.23 average working days in the state against the mandated 100 days, according to a Punjabi University report

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

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