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. …
BANGALORE: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran has called for widening the scope of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. He was chairing a session on
CHENNAI: Just over two and a half years after the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was implemented in the State, as much as Rs.1300 crore has been spent till now for creating assets in rural areas and on payment of wages. The total expenditure till end-March 2008 was Rs.620 …
BANGALORE: The importance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has increased in the wake of the global economic slowdown, the Editor-in-chief of The Hindu, N. Ram, said on Saturday. The slowdown, he said, would put a squeeze on rural livelihoods and incomes.
The Central team on Kandhamal today asked the State Government to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in every affected village in the district. After the review meeting, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told newsmen that there are two types of people who have been affected in the …
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in the just-concluded session, has criticised the state Government
Social accountability movement has the potential to make the beneficiaries of all anti-poverty programmes more aware and assertive of their rights, which is the ball the civil society movement is trying to set rolling, says Prabhu Ghate A HUGE battle is being waged around the country by networks of activists, …
Just 0.27 per cent of 6.83 lakh beneficiaries got 100 days of guaranteed work Unemployment allowance was not given to those who could not be provided with work within 15 days of the their application THE ruling Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) government came under fire in the Comptroller and Auditor …
Sreelatha Menon: As Assembly elections began in Naxal-hit areas in Chhattisgarh, a report of the Central Employment Guarantee Council in the Union rural development ministry has accused the state government of not making any attempt to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the Naxal-infested areas as well …
Various developmental works should be taken under the National Employment Guarantee programme to turn each village a model village in the district, said Union Minister of State for Highways K H Muniyappa. He was speaking after launching developmental works taken up under the employment guarantee scheme in Bangarpet taluk on …
BALANGIR: Failure of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is the main reason for largescale migration of people from Balangir district to other states in search of work. Western Orissa NREGA consortium, which was formed in 2006 comprising eight NGOs, revealed this in its report which was made public recently …
NAMAKKAL: The Namakkal district administration has disbursed Rs. 5 crore as wages to the workers employed under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Collector U. Sagayam has said. Inspecting the works being carried out under the scheme in various parts in the district on Tuesday, the Collector said the …
D.K. Kishan Rao, Raichur: Laxmamma from Thimmapur village under Kanihal Gram Panchayat in Lingsugur taluk, has no more than two acres of dry land. Sunflower cultivation on this piece of land has failed owing to pest attack. Her survival depends on employment provided under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …
Shyam Ranganathan, BREADWINNERS: NREGS has come as a boon to labourers, especially women. NAGAPATTINAM: With samba planting almost over in the district, villagers are turning back to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for income. Since rains are imminent, only some works like road laying and road strengthening are …
PANJIM, NOV 11: It is a common sight to see farmers from Belgaum, Bailhongal, Ramdurg and Saundatti talukas at the Belgaum bus stand with baggage, family and kids, waiting to take a bus to Goa, according to a report by Basavraj Havaldar in
Giridih, Nov. 10: If records are anything to go by, implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Giridih has been worse than expected. The NREGA analysis report prepared by the district administration to find out whether the job guarantee act is being properly implemented in panchayats has …
CHRONICALLY PARCHED Bundelkhand, drought-dry for nearly half a decade, could have done with some hope this year, particularly after a surprise season of record rain. And hope indeed seemed on the way when the Mayawati government announced an ambitious project that aimed to see a hundred million saplings planted in …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to spend Rs 400 crore in the Water Resources and Forest Departments through the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for generating more employment in the rural areas. A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister …
DH News Service, Chinthamani: Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha has charged the BJP government with laxity in implementing National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in the state. The state has utilised only Rs 100 crore out of Rs 1,100 crore sanctioned for NREG, and a major portion accounts for administrative tasks rather …
By Manohar N Kulkarni About Rs 71.5 million has gone in bribes mostly to district and block level bureaucrats. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) launched in 2005 is the largest rural employment programme ever undertaken in India with an investment of Rs 30,000 crore every year, unleashing wage …
Bangalore, DHNS: Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Shobha Karandlaje, on Monday, said any upward revision of daily wages for beneficiaries of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme would affect agriculture activities badly. Speaking to press persons in Bangalore, she said farmers had already been facing shortage of workers …
