The Finance Ministry allocated 22 per cent less funds for MGNREGA in revised estimates for the current financial year (2023-24), as compared to Rs 1.1 lakh crore sought by the Rural Development Ministry,
<p>This report looks at the large numbers of programmes and schemes aimed at poverty allevation and identifies why they have not succeeded to the desired extent. Design flaws, weak implementation, inadequate provision of funds, and the inability of the poor to access scheme benefits, are amongst many factors identified and analyzed. </p>
As a response to the criticisms of microfinance institutions
<p>India is being variously described as a developing country to an 'almost developed country'. The truth lies towards the latter. It is globalising rapidly and is now one of the leading countries competing for global knowledge work. </p>
<p>A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage that even if competitively determined may not be adequate for the poor household to reach their target income; what they consider as means of a decent living.
<p>There have been many evaluation studies on the impact of NREGS but there are hardly any systematic studies relating to impact of the scheme on children. This paper tries to fill this gap. There is a huge
<p>Using macro level data on MGNREGA performance in drought-prone states of Karnataka and Rajasthan as well as in irrigation-dominated state of Andhra Pradesh, this study has revealed that the impact of
Kamadhenu Yojana has been chalked out for development of Gaushalas in all the 52 thousand villages of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
In a sudden surprise inspection, Chief Secretary Avani Vaish stopped his cavalcade at Gram Panchayat Podki of Pushprajgarh Janpad Panchayat and enquired beneficiaries about payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) whether they are being paid on time or not. The Chief Secretary, on the way to take a meeting of administrative officials at Amarkantak i
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over misuse of funds allocated to States under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and indicated that it would ask the Centre to hold an inquiry in this regard. Chief Justice S.H.
New Delhi: Livid at the allegation of diversion of funds sent by the Centre to states for NREGA-mandated schemes, the Supreme Court on Monday warned to make an example out of Orissa to force other defaulting states to fall in line.
