India

 The state of welfare

Is the UPA government on social overdrive?

Publication Date: 
29/09/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi, Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Unemployment, Legislation, Panchayats, India
India

 Employment bill passed

Amended version improves upon original, but not enough

Publication Date: 
14/09/2005
Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Unemployment, Legislation, India
Environment

 Positive rights

RBI frames HIV/AIDS workplace policy, experts want national law

Publication Date: 
30/08/2005
Ritu Gupta
Down to Earth
Tags:
AIDS, Unemployment
Mining

 In Short

sonia's take: While the Centre plans to move the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill in the current session of Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi recently suggested four amendments to

Publication Date: 
30/08/2005
Down to Earth
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20050831
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Tags:
Tobacco, Milk, DDT, Pesticide Residues, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Unemployment, Research, Legislation, Mumbai, European Union (EU)
India

 Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
Sourav Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economic Development, Unemployment, Legislation, Governance, India, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Corruption
India

 Twice shy?

Unions greet labour ministry s plans sceptically

Publication Date: 
14/07/2005
Down to Earth
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20050715
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Tags:
Workers, Economic Development, Unemployment, Governance, India
India

 Another ornamental scheme

The proposed National Rural Employment Guarantee Act threatens to become just that

Publication Date: 
30/03/2005
K S Gopal
Down to Earth
13
20050331
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Tags:
Rural Development, Unemployment, Government Of India (GOI)
India

 Founded on piracy

The story of early US industrialisation

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Textile Industry, Unemployment, United States Of America (US)
India

 Woe the people

A citizen s report evaluates state policy and performance

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rural Development, Unemployment
Economy

The Original Guarantee

How effective has Maharashtra

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
Avinash Celestine
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Afforestation, Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Unemployment, Maharashtra

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