Rajat Roy / Kolkata June 03, 2009, 1:13 IST

On 22 May 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, said,

The Panchayat and Rural Development Ministry Department, West Bengal, in association with Pixel Informatics, plans to use mobile telephony to collect data of beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme.

P Raghavan
The National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme is the single largest public works programme in human history. Showcasing the United Progressive Alliance

The Census of 2002 to identify the poor in rural areas of India was the third in a quinquennial series. However, it has been appropriately criticised. This paper elaborates on the criticisms, and proposes an alternative set of criteria and methodology for conducting the next (now overdue) census of the rural population to identify the poor.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), notified on September 7, 2005, marked a paradigm shift from the previous waste employment programmes with its rights-based approach that makes the Government legally accountable for providing employment to those who demand it.

Ravish Tiwari

The fall in inflation levels has come as a blessing in disguise for the UPA Government

NCP election manifesto targets rural India

BHUBANESWAR: Faced with fund crunch, the State Government's warning to the Centre to stop the flagship wage employment programme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has paid dividends.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) on Saturday released Rs 347 crore as second instalment as against the State Government demand for Rs 646 crore.

The Report of the Committee on Rural Development (2008-2009) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty

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