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NREGS tell-tale: empty ponds, empty promises in Haryana [1]

MAHENDERGARH: Widespread poverty in the villages of largely arid Mahendergarh district of Haryana ensured that it was the first district to be brought under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) when it was introduced in the state in February 2006. In view of an acute water shortage, the scheme mainly targeted digging of ponds.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Poverty [3], Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) [4], Haryana [5], Mahendragarh (D) [6]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mahendragarh-d