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MGNREGA Sameeksha II: an anthology of research studies (2012-2014)

MGNREGA Sameeksha II is proposed as a continuation of the objective of nurturing a discourse around MGNREGA which is open, scientific, critical and constructive. It reviews

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
UNDP India
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Agriculture, Agricultural Labourers, Women, Governance, Migration, Public Participation
Poverty

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: a catalyst for rural transformation

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) helped lower poverty by 32 per cent between 2004-05 and 2011-12, lifting almost 14 million in this regard, says a recent survey by the National Council for Applied Economic Research and the University of Maryland.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2015
Sonalde Desai, Prem Vashishtha, Omkar Joshi
National Council of Applied Economic Research
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Poverty, Rural Development, Women, Governance, Workers, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Solid Waste

Waste management implemented in village panchayat

For the first time in Vagurampatti village panchayat, workers called, ‘Thuimai Kavalargal’, visit each household and involve in door-to-door collection of garbage and segregate it and dump in yards

Publication Date: 
13/07/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Waste Management, Panchayats, Namakkal (D), Waste Disposal, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Garbage, Solid Waste
Poverty

Striking at the Root Causes of Poverty

CLEAR ROAD MAP Govt will use socio-economic census data to identify the causes in one lakh villages at household levels.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Ruchika Chitravanshi
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Poverty, Rural Development, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Census, Housing, Gram Panchayat, Ministry Of Rural Development
Forests

MGNREGS Aid to Increase Green Cover

BHUBANESWAR: As the Forest and Environment department has failed to achieve its afforestation target during the last few years, the State Government has decided to take up plantation activities in

Publication Date: 
27/05/2015
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Afforestation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Forests
Poverty

Employment and unemployment situation in cities and towns 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. In this report, estimates of the employment and unemployment indicators are presented for each of the class 1 cities, for size class 2 towns and for size class 3 towns.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2015
National Sample Survey Office
Tags:
Unemployment, Urbanisation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Workers, India
Agriculture

Political economy of agricultural distress and farmers suicides in Maharashtra

The present paper attempts to evaluate the economic conditions of the farm households of Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region. The district has reported an increasing number of suicides during the period of Jan. to Dec. 2011.This is in a striking contrast with other districts of Vidarbha in which suicide rates have been declining. The main thrust of the study is on ascertaining whether these farm suicides have taken place mainly due to the rural and agricultural credit problems.

Publication Date: 
20/05/2015
Dnyandev Talule
International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research
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2
95-124
Tags:
Farmers, Maharashtra, Debt, Agriculture, Yavatmal (D), Compensation, Tribals, Cotton, Education, Monsoons, Irrigation, Statistics, Watershed Development, Groundwater, Rural Water Supply, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Economy

It's not rural India alone; job scheme also in distress

At a time when rural India is in distress, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which could have provided some relief, is itself facing its worst period ever.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Poverty, Unemployment, Parliament
Water Resources

No construction should come up on waterbody, HC tells Collector

The Madras High Court has issued a direction to Kancheepuram District Collector to ensure that no construction comes up on the bunds of a temple tank at Kodur village in Cheyyur Taluk.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2015
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram (D), Water Resources, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), High Court
Poverty

Guidelines for securing full employment status to MGNREGA workers through Project for Livelihoods in Full Employment (Project LIFE-MGNREGA)

The objective of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 aims at building sustainable livelihoods for the rural households. In pursuance of this objective, a Project for Livelihoods in Full Employment under MGNREGA (Project Life- MGNREGA) has been formulated.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2015
Ministry of Rural Development
Tags:
Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Workers

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