Poverty

Aadhaar-enabled payments for NREGA workers

Timely and reliable payment of wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is meant to be one of the initial applications of Aadhaar - the unique identity number that is supposed to be given to every resident of India. Pilot experiments with Aadhaarenabled payment systems were initiated in Jharkhand a few months ago. This article reports the fi ndings of an informal study of this experiment, based on a quick survey conducted in Ratu block of Ranchi district in March 2012.

Publication Date: 
08/12/2012
Bharat Bhatti
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Ranchi (D), Corruption, Poverty, Jharkhand
Poverty

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Bill, 2012

A Bill further to amend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. This Act may be called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Act, 2012.

Publication Date: 
07/12/2012
Lok Sabha
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Corruption, Finance
Habitat And Urbanisation

Rs 3,000 crore for roads in rural UP: Jairam Ramesh

After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).

Publication Date: 
05/12/2012
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Roads, Rural Roads, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, Ministry Of Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Gonda (D), Balrampur (D), Mahoba (D), Sonbhadra, Mirzapur (D), Kushinagar, Habitat And Urbanisation
Governance And Institutions

Human rights in India: status report 2012

This report titled, “Human Rights in India – Status Report 2012,” provided a general overview of the most critical human rights issues in India. It included: information gathered from the various consultations held across India from August to

Publication Date: 
01/12/2012
Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR)
Tags:
Human Rights, India, Mining, Urban Housing, Displacement, Land Acquisition, Food Security, Starvation, Public Distribution System (PDS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Health, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Education, Right To Information (RTI), Corruption
Economy

Direct Transfer of Subsidy Helps Reduce Poverty: ADB

Just as the government embarks on a massive plan to deliver social benefits through direct cash transfers, a study by the Asian Development Bank has endorsed the devlivery mechanism saying it helps

Publication Date: 
28/11/2012
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Poverty, Subsidies, Direct Cash Transfer, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Economy
Economy

A tale of two villages

A painted milestone marks the turn-off to Kailashpur. The slab sports a poor likeness of Gandhi and announces “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Publication Date: 
17/11/2012
Economist (London)
Tags:
India, Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Rural Roads, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Rural Development
Economy

Jairam for real-time evaluation of rural schemes

New Delhi: Fund-intensive rural development schemes may be evaluated during their implementation to identify failings in structure and execution, and enable the government to insert mid-course corr

Publication Date: 
15/11/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Budget
Poverty

SC asks Odisha to consider special court for MNREGA

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday favoured establishment of special fast track courts to handle cases linked to various scams in implementation of the rural job guarantee scheme

Publication Date: 
10/11/2012
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Supreme Court, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Orissa (Odisha), Anti-Poverty Programmes, Ministry Of Rural Development
Economy

Status Check for Rural Schemes Soon

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh’s plan to make welfare schemes more effective through real-time evaluation of the .

Publication Date: 
07/11/2012
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Rural Development, Budget, Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Planning Commission
Poverty

The great MNREGA robbery wretched of Bihar robbed of nearly Rs. 6000 crore

The CEFS performance audit suggests that in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the state of Bihar, there has been guarantee of only corruption, unemployment, poverty, distress migration, hunger and humiliation. Irregularities are the only regular feature of the rural job scheme in Bihar.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2012
Parshuram Rai
Centre for Environment and Food Security
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Bihar, Corruption, Unemployment, Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

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