Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
This report provides information on some key indicators of employment and unemployment and other features among persons of major religious groups viz., Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and the rest (Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and others) referred to as 'Others' at all-India 'and State/UT level. This report contains three chapters and four …
A close examination of Bihar's recent growth experience reveals several paradoxes. These are paradoxes only with reference to certain orthodox positions widely held in development economics. Resolving these paradoxes helps formulate a more incisive understanding of what bottlenecks lie in the way of eliminating poverty in Bihar and opens the …
What impact has the award of the Fourteenth Finance Commission had on the resources and spending of state governments? Does it necessarily have to lead to a decline in outlays in the social sector? An illustrative and preliminary exercise for Bihar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently described solar energy as the ‘ultimate solution’ to India’s energy problems. Here in Dakshina Kannada district, a silent campaign is being carried out by Jana Shikshana Trust, Apna Desh, Grama Vikasa Kendra, Sugrama Sangha, Selco Foundation motivating people to go for renewable sources of …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes ten years of implementation on 2nd February 2016. The achievements of a decade are a cause of national pride and celebration. Since the start of the programme, the expenditure on the programme has amounted to Rs. 3,13,844.55 crore and out …
Declares it India’s first organic state, promises airport Lauding Sikkim for achieving the status of India’s first organic state after a decade-long “tapasya”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked all states in the country to earmark a district, or at least a block or a taluka, and implement the Sikkim …
This report is based on the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Agricultural Households conducted in the 70th round of NSS during January 2013 to December 2013. The survey, conducted in the rural areas of the country in two visits, was spread over 4529 villages covering 35200 households. Some of the …
Programme initiated under Mahatma Gandhi job guarantee scheme, says Chikkamagaluru ZP CEO Zilla Panchayat has taken up ground water rejuvenation programme in the district to find a solution to water woes during summer. The programme has been initiated under Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The Zilla Panchayat is …
MGNREGS Cell of North 24- Parganas in collaboration with Sunderbans affairs department has taken up mangrove plantation to prevent soil erosion and protect river banks in Sunderbans areas, which has assumed alarming proportions since Cyclone Aila hit the belt. Mangrove plantation is under way on the banks of Raimangal and …
Move to make elimination of open defecation a people’s movement The district administration and the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) have decided to make the elimination of open defecation a people’s movement by enlisting various sections of the people such as women, youth, students, civil society organisations, service organisations and …
Departments to meet over the next couple of days to take decisions on relief. The Marathwada region of Maharashtra is heading for a near certain agricultural drought, with the possibility of a hydrological drought looming large too. Senior state government and meteorological department officials said this, raising the spectre of …
The State government has declared 16 more taluks drought-hit, taking the total number to 114. Some of the taluks added to the list are in Malnad and coastal districts. Virajpet in Kodagu, Sakleshpur in Hassan, Sorab in Shivamogga, and Ankola, Haliyal, Mundgod, Sirsi and Yellapur in Uttar Kannada among others …
Groundwater level in Thadayampatti panchayat of Sedapatti block is set to get a huge boost as the district rural development agency (DRDA) is planning to dig 101 farm ponds over the next four months. Utilising the large workforce of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at its command, …
This report contributes new insights into the growing body of literature on inclusive green economy approaches as a key means for eradicating poverty and advancing the evolving post-2015 sustainable development agenda. The report draws on a range of country experiences and a series of case studies commissioned through the UNDP-DESA-UNEP …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) helped lower poverty by 32 per cent between 2004-05 and 2011-12, lifting almost 14 million in this regard, says a recent survey by the National Council for Applied Economic Research and the University of Maryland. The study involved 26,000 households and …
MGNREGA Sameeksha II is proposed as a continuation of the objective of nurturing a discourse around MGNREGA which is open, scientific, critical and constructive. It reviews research studies carried out and published over the last two years (2012–14) to foster reflection and understanding about MGNREGA and its impact. It is …
For the first time in Vagurampatti village panchayat, workers called, ‘Thuimai Kavalargal’, visit each household and involve in door-to-door collection of garbage and segregate it and dump in yards. Inaugurated by Collector V. Dakshinamoorthy in the presence of District Rural Development Authority Project Director C. Malathi, the solid waste management …
CLEAR ROAD MAP Govt will use socio-economic census data to identify the causes in one lakh villages at household levels. The government is preparing a blueprint for attacking the root causes of poverty in over 1 lakh villages instead of running piecemeal schemes that do not address the specific challenge …
BHUBANESWAR: As the Forest and Environment department has failed to achieve its afforestation target during the last few years, the State Government has decided to take up plantation activities in convergence with MGNREGS funds. The district collectors have been directed to involve village committees in all plantation activities as per …
