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. …
What has further diminished the clout of farmers is the fact that agriculture is no longer the mainstay of the rural economy Industry on farm land The first Lok Sabha had 87 members with agricultural backgrounds. The number rose to 261 in the 12th Lok Sabha. The current Lok Sabha …
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations or 1.09 crore people get water with chemical or bacterial contamination. Assam comes next with …
The state government faces an uphill task in meeting its target of planting 19.86 crore saplings this year as part of the five-year plan to plant 100 crore saplings across the state. The project has shown some promise in ensuring the survival of saplings by implementing a model in Bihar. …
Bangalore Urban ZP To Build 25,000 Loos This Year Bangalore: Owning a mobile is more important for many people in Bangalore Urban district, rather than having a toilet in the backyard. A survey conducted by Bangalore Urban zilla panchayat (ZP) recently threw up a nasty surprise: 34,656 households in the …
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
The objective of the study was to analyse the effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a wage-for-employment policy of the Indian Government, on infant malnutrition and delineate the pathways through which MGNREGA affects infant malnutrition.
An all-India survey on the situation of employment and unemployment in India was carried out as a part of the 66th round of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) during the period July 2009 - June 2010. This nation-wide enquiry was conducted to provide estimates on various characteristics pertaining to …
Around 9.09 lakh hectare area has been covered under afforestation in Gujarat during the last 10 years incurring an investment of Rs 2,934.74 crore. This was stated by Union minister of state for environment and forest JayantiNatrajan while replying to a query by RajyaSabha MP from Gujarat DilipPandya. Pandya had …
Around 9.09 lakh hectare area has been covered under afforestation in Gujarat during the last 10 years incurring an investment of Rs 2,934.74 crore. This was stated by Union minister of state for environment and forest Jayanti Natrajan while replying to a query by Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat Dilip …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), envisaged to give a minimum of 100 days of employment every year to unskilled rural labourers, is no longer attractive in rural Karnataka. A CAG report on the scheme's performance during 2007-12 says the demand for jobs dipped by nearly 20 …
The Stand Alone Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) for the period 2007-12 containing the results of Performance Audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Bihar under Article 15(12) of the Constitution. The Government …
MGNREGS wages paid to non-beneficiaries, before their names were deleted The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday hinted at large-scale irregularities while implementing projects taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between 2007 and 2012. The report throws …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been prepared for submission to the Governor under Article 151 of the Constitution. The report contains the results of performance audit of implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The performance audit covered the period …
Only 9.03 per cent of the registered households in Assam were provided with 100 days employment from 2007 to 2012 The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found several discrepancies and irregularities in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the Congress-ruled North-Eastern state of …
“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said. Addressing Panchayat presidents in an awareness programme on rainwater harvest held here on Tuesday, the Collector said that rural villages are no exemption to depletion of the underground water table. He felt …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of performance audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Assam.The audit was conducted through test check of the records of the Commissioner of Panchayat and Rural Development and field level implementing agencies …
The state government would organise street plays and musical skits to spread awareness against open defecation and to encourage ruralfolk to construct toilets in their homes. On Thursday, panchayati raj minister Balram Yadav said the department plans to step up efforts to apprise rural masses about the sanitation programme. The …
Giving a pat on the back to the government’s flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a recent study by the Asian Development Bank has said it is a very effective labour market programme. However, India’s performance for over all social protection is below average. India was rated …
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year. Patil told mediapersons here that officials have been instructed to take steps to have two toilets with commode in each village, for the …
This paper uses a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Triple difference estimates suggest that participants significantly increase consumption (protein and energy intake) in the short run and accumulate more …
