Economy

Govt mulls separate agency for social audit

Independent agency to assess NREGA implementation in Meghalaya

SHILLONG: The State Government is contemplating creation of an independent agency for social audit to assess the various Central flagship programmes being implemented in the State.

Publication Date: 
17/12/2011
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Andhra Pradesh, NGO, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Economy
Agriculture

Farmers crisis? Only 50 MPs stay to discuss it

New Delhi: Farmer suicides and the agrarian crisis have been the reason for many disruptions in Parliament, but when the time comes to discuss the issue, hardly anyone bothers to attend, as happene

Publication Date: 
16/12/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Ministry Of Agriculture, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Agricultural Labourers, Parliament
Food Policy

Food Security Bill must Wait

The Cabinet on Tuesday was forced to defer a decision on the food security bill after ministers Sharad Pawar and Farooq Abdullah sought more discussions on the impact of the law that would increase

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Legislation, Subsidies, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Cent per cent rural housing in Nagaland village

DIMAPUR: Coinciding with the Mon District Village Development Board (VDB) Conference 2011, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, inaugurated the celebration for achievement of cent percent rural ho

Publication Date: 
13/12/2011
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Rural Housing, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Rural Development, Myanmar, Development, Habitat And Urbanisation
Economy

Tripura provides most jobs under NREGA

Agartala: Tripura has once again topped all the states in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees minimum job days to people in rural are

Publication Date: 
12/12/2011
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Ministry Of Rural Development, People, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Economy
Agriculture

Understanding the Andhra crop holiday movement

Why would farmers keep their own land fallow as part of a voluntary “crop holiday protest movement” in a part of Andhra Pradesh is a question that has puzzled many. A field visit to the Konaseema region reveals that the dynamics of class contradictions in the area are also responsible for the nature of the movement that goes beyond the issue of remunerative prices.

Publication Date: 
10/12/2011
Vamsi Vakulabharanam, N Purendra Prasad, K Laxminarayana & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
46
50
13-16
Tags:
Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, Farmers, Food Prices, Rice, Political Parties, East Godavari, Green Revolution, Land Tenure, Scheduled Castes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Economy

NREGA Lines Pockets. Not of the Poor

Captive job cards. Fake bank accounts. Coercion by pradhans. In Uttar Pradesh, ingenious methods are employed to deprive the poor of MGNREGA benefits, reports Abhishek Bhalla

Publication Date: 
10/12/2011
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Gonda (D), Corruption, Ministry Of Rural Development, Unemployment

Empowering lives through Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

Since the inception of MGNREGA in 2005, UNDP has supported the Government of India (GoI) to enable a transparent, accountable and efficient implementation of the Act through ICT innovations, monitoring and research, awareness generation and capacity development.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
UNDP India
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Unemployment, Communication, Information, Technology, Government Of India (GOI), UNDP
Water Resources

A million opportunities lost

The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the country, but only to harvest disillusionment. What went wrong? Down to Earth team traveled to Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in search of answers.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Richard Mahapatra, M Suchitra, Moyna
Down to Earth
20
14
22-31
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Anti-Poverty Programmes, Poverty, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Rural Water Harvesting, Ministry Of Rural Development, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Water Resources
Land

Labourer ‘buys’ Chhattisgarh land worth 3cr

May Be A Front To Acquire Tribal Land: Cong MLA

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Agricultural Labourers, Tribals, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Power Industry, Farmers

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