Economy

Poll candidates asked to make stand clear on Govt schemes

GUWAHATI, March 24

Publication Date: 
25/03/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Right To Information (RTI), Assam, Food Security
Economy

NREGA becomes a farce in Barpeta district

BARPETA, March 23

Publication Date: 
24/03/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Assam, Barpeta (D)
Governance And Institutions

Political parties admit need to strengthen RTI and NREG Acts

But choose to remain non-committal and refrain from going into specifics

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: They spoke from the same platform, assured of action by their respective party, and yet when it came to listing the exact plan of action, they chose to remain non-committal.

Publication Date: 
22/03/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Right To Information (RTI), Political Parties
Economy

Economic review gives the lie to states job claims

KOLKATA, March 20 : Now it's official. The performance of the Left Front government in providing guaranteed jobs for 100 days a year for the rural people during 2007-08 is abysmally poor ~ 25 days on an average against a national average of 44 days.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2009
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Economy, Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unemployment, West Bengal
Economy

Peoples industrialisation needs popular struggles

The article by Medha Patkar and Amit Bhaduri offers a correct critique of the current corporate-led rapacious industrialisation which destroys nature and livelihoods. But it does not focus enough on strategies of mobilising people to take charge of the form and content of industrialisation.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2009
Rabin Chakraborty, Meher Engineer, Soumya Guhathakurta & et al
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Development, Economy, People, Conflicts, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unemployment, Industry, Private Sector, Public Participation, India
Economy

NREGA hurting progress: WB

New Delhi: The World Bank has described the much-acclaimed National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) scheme of the UPA government as a policy barrier hurting economic development and poverty alleviation.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2009
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Economy, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), World Bank, India
Economy

Broken Promises

The first-ever Lok Adalat on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Jharkhand was all hype and no substance

Publication Date: 
14/03/2009
Ashish Ranjan
Tehelka (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Panchayats, Jharkhand
Economy

33% more funds likely for rural jobs

JOB CUTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR HAVE LED TO MORE PEOPLE DEMANDING UNSKILLED WORK UNDER THE PROJECT
Gireesh Chandra Prasad NEW DELHI

Publication Date: 
11/03/2009
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Panchayats, India
Poverty

NREGA works reviewed

TEZPUR

Publication Date: 
09/03/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Rural Development, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Assam, Sonitpur, Tezpur
Poverty

CPI (M) to highlight job scheme for urban poor

SAUBHADRC CHATTERJI New Delhi, 6 March

With job losses in the wake W of economic downturn emerging as the biggest socio economic crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) in its manifesto will highlight the need for employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor; among other things

Publication Date: 
07/03/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Unemployment, Political Parties

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