Forests

Green India Mission converged with MGNREGA to reclaim forest

NEW DELHI: The government has merged National Mission for a Green India, which aims afforestation at 10 million hectares of land over the next decade, with MGNREGA to increase and improve the count

Publication Date: 
16/03/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Mission for Green India (GIM), Forests, Afforestation, Water Harvesting, Ministry Of Rural Development, MGNREGS, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Forests

Mission for Green India, MGNREGA to Unite for Extending Forest Cover

Convergence of the UPA scheme with Green Mission will provide livelihood to 3 m households through afforestation.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2015
Yogima Sharma
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Afforestation, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Forests, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Economy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on unemployment in rural areas, 25/02/2015

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on unemployment in rural areas, 25/02/2015.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Unemployment, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), India, Parliament
Water Resources

Centre asks States to adopt Haryana’s ‘three ponds system’

The ‘three pond system’ set up for sewage management of dirty water in rural areas of Haryana’s Karnal district has been yielding better results.

Publication Date: 
24/02/2015
Pioneer (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Haryana, Karnal (D), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Drinking Water, Waste Management, Water Resources
Economy

Addressing inequality in South Asia

Inequality in South Asia appears to be moderate when looking at standard indicators such as the Gini index, which are based on consumption expenditures per capita. But other pieces of evidence reveal enormous gaps, from extravagant wealth at one end to lack of access to the most basic services at the other.

Publication Date: 
20/01/2015
Martín Rama, Tara Béteille, Yue Li, Pradeep K. Mitra, John Lincoln Newman
The World Bank
Tags:
Economy, Poverty, Mobility Planning, Urbanisation, South Asia, Migration, Economic Development, Consumption Patterns, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Private Sector, GDP, Health, Education, Public Distribution System (PDS), Environment, Electricity, Subsidies
Economy

Employment and unemployment situation among social groups in India (July 2011 - June 2012)

This report is based on the employment and unemployment survey conducted in the 68th round of NSS during July 2011 to June 2012.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Unemployment, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Scheduled Castes, Tribals, India, Workers
Dams/ Irrigation

New irrigation scheme to link villages to water sources

Seeking to save farmers from vagaries of Monsoon, the government will soon launch its ambitious rural irrigation scheme by linking villages through nearest possible sources of water.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2014
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Irrigation, Water Resources, Monsoons, Water Conservation, River Linking, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Dams/ Irrigation
Agriculture

Key indicators of situation of agricultural households in India (January – December 2013)

The Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households in NSS 70th Round (January, 2013- December, 2013) was conducted as a repeat survey of Situation Assessment Survey, 2003 (59th round).

Publication Date: 
19/12/2014
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Agriculture, Farmers, Economy, India, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Poverty

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on amendment in MGNREGA , 01/12/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on amendment in MGNREGA , 01/12/2014.

Publication Date: 
Monday, December 1, 2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Statistics, Parliament, Workers, Women
Poverty

The impact of India's Rural Employment Guarantee on demand for agricultural technology

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is approaching eight years of implementation. Since 2006, it has offered up to 100 days per year of guaranteed public works employment to tens of millions of rural Indian households.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Anil K. Bhargava
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Agriculture, India, Workers, Agricultural Labourers, Farmers, Technology

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