The Employment Guarantee Act is a diluted version of the original proposal. Will it be effective?

Amartya Sen calls it cause for jubilation. Giving some of the poorest people in the country a reliable source of income through 100 days of guaranteed employment can be an enormously important instrument for improving their well-being, says the Nobel laureate.

Rural employment bill draws flak for diluting draft

Now what s that?

The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That’s a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed continue to clamour for

Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer

Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect

Whether bamboo is a grass or a tree is a question of survival for many

Falling profits discourage silk farmers

Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland

Draft of employment guarantee act forwarded to Centre

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