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 paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on wages, labor supply, agricultural labor use, and productivity. The scheme prompted a 10-point wage increase and higher labor supply to nonagricultural casual work …
This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India containing the results of audit on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules) has been prepared for submission to the President of India under Article 151 of Constitution. In last three years (2012-15), …
Using the latest National Sample Survey Office data on land distribution and use, questions of agrarian change in India are revisited. With reducing landholding size in general, the increasing unviability of such small plots, and increasing numbers of "effectively" landless households, the larger questions of employment and sectoral shifts are …
Anantapur:Anantapur: collector orders officials to complete all pending works on war footing. Nellore: District collector M. Janaki has instructed the officials to recognise the work under the employment guarantee programme and provide work to over one lakh labourers. She directed them to chalk out a plan for the successful implementation …
While the finance minister took care to express the commitment of his government to poor and vulnerable people while presenting the Union Budget for 2016–17, this stated commitment has not been backed by adequate increases in allocations to areas of critical interest to the poor. It is likely that resource …
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 …
