This study uses household survey data from 58 countries around the world to compare the labour market outcomes of rural and urban workers, taking into account the specific socio-demographic characteristics
Thousands from all over India set to march to Delhi to demand their own land On Tuesday, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Union Minister of State for Commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia flew into Gwalior in a last-ditch effort to convince the padayatra organisers — a land reform people’s movement called Ekta Parishad — to call off the march and accept the Government’s promises that a draft National Land Reform Policy will be prepared within six months.
Bhubaneswar: In view of the failure of the government machinery and NGOs that have failed to achieve the target, the Palli Sabhas are likely to set the momentum for expeditious construction of toilets
India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the largest public works employment project in the world. Its most direct poverty reduction pathway is through boosting employment
This paper summarizes research conducted as part of the AgWater Solutions Project in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India, from 2009 to 2012. Agriculture accounts for 21% of the gross domestic product (GDP)
This is the draft MGNREGA operational guidelines for suggestions/observations of State Government. The MGNREGA has given rise to the largest employment programme in human history and is unlike any other
Now the government must outline path of fiscal correction, put investment back on track. The UPA government announced a number of reform measures last week. The announcements indicate a willingness to
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will take up the implementation of the innovative direct transfer of subsidy scheme on a pilot basis in Mysore from the second week of this month. The UIDAI has informed all banks that it will start crediting the subsidy amount to the beneficiaries’ bank accounts online with respect to 30 LPG distributors in Mysore city, Chairperson of the State-Level Bankers’ Committee M G Sanghvi said here on Wednesday.
The State government on Monday announced a Rs 232-crore compensation package for small and marginal farmers who suffered crop losses due to drought. A decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet sub-committee meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa. On Saturday, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, after his tour of the drought-hit districts, had said that the government should be doing “more” to help the farmers in distress.
The Odisha Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (OSSAAT), an independent unit to conduct social audit of the MGNREGS’ implementation in the State, will start functioning from October.
Rising inflation and a slowdown in growth had little impact on the rural consumption patterns which outpaced urban spending in the two year period between 2009-10 and 2011-12. Rural consumption expenditure
