Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Tirunelveli, VILLAGERS of Aalavandhankulam under Manoor Panchayat Union in Tirunelveli district complained to the District Collector that they have been receiving less money as payment under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP). In a petition submitted to the District Collector G Prakash during the grievance day meeting held here …
DH News Service, Mulbagal: Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme Rs 33.64 crore work in 30 gram panchayats to be undertaken were proposed at a special meeting of the taluk panchayat held on Saturday. The meeting presided by president Raghupathy Reddy discussed regarding the works, the action plan for …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 03, 2008, 0:59 IST Agriculturists in Punjab seem to be struggling this season to hire migrant farm workers from Bihar and are believed to be using novel ways, like offering free cell phones, to lure them. The lower scale of seasonal migration …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the States to put in place a mechanism to rigorously evaluate the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. He was speaking at a function on
HEARING THEIR GRIEVANCES: Villupuram Collector R.Palanisamy attending the gram sabha meeting at Nannadu in Cuddalore district on Thursday. VILLUPURAM: Gram sabha meetings were held in Villupuram and Cuddalore districts to commemorate Gandhi Jayanthi on Thursday. While Villupuram District Collector R. Palanisamy attended as an observer in the nannadu gram sabha …
Agartala, Sept 30: Tea gardens in Tripura are facing shortage of labourers following the expansion of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme in all four districts of the State. A Tea Association of India (TAI) report revealed that about 40-42 per cent workers had deserted tea estates and …
It was unique event. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has always been in focus since the Act was adopted in 2006. For the first time an assembly of 1,245 sarpanches and other elected local government representatives sat for two days on Oct 14 and 15, 2008, to review …
NREGP SCAN Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 26, 2008, 0:51 IST The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) was meant for the poorest of the poor, those who will sweat it out in the heat for survival. Reports from villages where the scheme has been implemented suggest that might …
BISWANATH Chariali, Sept 25: The State Minister for Irrigation, Fishery and Soil Conservation Nur Jamal Sarkar formally inaugurated the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Sowaguri gaon panchayat under Biswanath Development Block by planting a sapling under social Forestation scheme at Rajgarh here. The function was chaired by the …
NREGP SCAN Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 25, 2008, 0:26 IST It is now more or less universally acknowledged that there is substantial pilferage from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP). But there is some good news for the Manmohan Singh government which launched the programme with much …
NREGP SCAN Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 24, 2008, 0:18 IST Few social sector schemes have drawn so much flak as the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: To meet the challenge of food demand of a growing population in developing countries, cereal yields will have to be increased by 40 per cent and net irrigation water requirements by40-50 per cent. An additional 100200 million hectares of land may be required to meet double …
Mihir Shah Any anti-poverty programme will work only if it leads to an end to dependence on doles. To end this dependence, sustainable livelihoods must be created for the poor. Anti-poverty programmes will work only if they lead to sustainable livelihoods and end dependence on doles. This requires stronger people
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to issue 35 kg of wheat per month to all 12.98 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families and three litres of kerosene per month to all 10 lakh above poverty line (APL) families which do not have gas connections. The rates of …
BISWANATH CHARIALI, Sept 16: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was formally inaugurated in Biswanath Development Block under Biswanath Subdivision by the Biswanath SDO Vishal Solanki recently. The programme commenced with the planting of a sapling under social forestation scheme for the year 2008-09 at Farsiati Idgah Maidan at …
TIRUCHI: Over 3.06 lakh persons have registered for jobs under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Tiruchi district. Over 843 works, at an estimated cost of Rs.31.85 crore, have been taken up under the scheme, implemented in all the 408 village panchayats of the district, Collector T. Soundiah …
BY AMITA VERMA LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh Congress has asked the Central government to investigate into the misappropriation of funds allotted for NREGA in Uttar Pradesh. The UP Congress is also sending a complaint to the rural development ministry in this regard. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh …
