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. …
The biggest experiment in the world to provide food security to the poor would be successful here only if the government finds ways to deliver it at a much lower cost The National Food Security Bill (NFSB) has a laudable objective of eradicating hunger and malnutrition from the country in …
New Delhi: Farmer suicides and the agrarian crisis have been the reason for many disruptions in Parliament, but when the time comes to discuss the issue, hardly anyone bothers to attend, as happened in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday when not even 60 MPs were present. In fact, there were …
The Cabinet on Tuesday was forced to defer a decision on the food security bill after ministers Sharad Pawar and Farooq Abdullah sought more discussions on the impact of the law that would increase the government’s subsidy burden by. 27,663 crore. Pawar is believed to have said more clarity was …
DIMAPUR: Coinciding with the Mon District Village Development Board (VDB) Conference 2011, Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, inaugurated the celebration for achievement of cent percent rural housing of Tobu village on December 9 last at Tobu. With the inauguration of cent percent rural housing, Tobu village became the second village …
Agartala: Tripura has once again topped all the states in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which guarantees minimum job days to people in rural areas, a minister said here Saturday. State Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chaudhury, quoting a performance report of the union rural development …
Why would farmers keep their own land fallow as part of a voluntary “crop holiday protest movement” in a part of Andhra Pradesh is a question that has puzzled many. A field visit to the Konaseema region reveals that the dynamics of class contradictions in the area are also responsible …
Captive job cards. Fake bank accounts. Coercion by pradhans. In Uttar Pradesh, ingenious methods are employed to deprive the poor of MGNREGA benefits, reports Abhishek Bhalla Project undone A half-dug pond that was later abandoned JANGU, 40, a Dalit labourer in Paraspur village in Gonda district, 120 km northeast of …
The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the country, but only to harvest disillusionment. What went wrong? Down to Earth team traveled to Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in search of answers. This is the little known big story …
May Be A Front To Acquire Tribal Land: Cong MLA Raipur: Six months ago, a TOI report exposed how Chhattisgarh home minister Nankiram Kanwar’s son, Sandeep Kanwar, acted as a front and bought tribal land illegally for a power company — benami deals that were struck down by the district …
Since the inception of MGNREGA in 2005, UNDP has supported the Government of India (GoI) to enable a transparent, accountable and efficient implementation of the Act through ICT innovations, monitoring and research, awareness generation and capacity development. This publication seeks to document the unique partnership between Government and UNDP.
Permanent restoration works to be covered under SPA/STF JAMMU: Planning Commission of India today cleared flood protection projects and two major schemes of Leh Master Plan, funding for which would start from the beginning of the next financial year. However, the permanent restoration works would be covered under the Special …
Resolves to fight graft with several legislations in first address after illness; Mum on retail row Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the UPA government was committed to eradicating corruption and sought the Opposition’s help in the passage of a variety of antigraft legislations, including the Lokpal bill. The appeal …
NEW DELHI: If you have a kutcha house or have a tarpaulin to cover youself, the socio-caste survey will not consider you homeless. If a farmer has a hand-pump provided by the government or a kisan patra to take loans against that, the same BPL scheme could now disqualify him …
After the Andhra Pradesh government violated the provisions of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act by providing work to households in excess of the legal entitlement of 100 days, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a performance audit …
Instead of ensuring effective implementation of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) schemes in Uttar Pradesh, both BSP and Congress are engaged in a battle of one-upmanship on it. It appears that both Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and the UP Government headed by Mayawati are busy …
– The much-hyped MGNREGA has once again failed to meet its main target – providing 100 days employment to each jobcard holder in Tripura. The startling revelation came to light at a review meeting of Rural Development department held at Civil Secretariat here on November 4 last. While job generation …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has proposed social audits for the centre’s big-ticket welfare programmes running under different ministries, on the lines of the scrutiny that he recently mandated for the flagship rural jobs scheme. “The concept has the potential to revolutionise the system. If we can have social audits …
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has written a fresh letter to UP Chief Minister Mayawati over alleged irregularities in implementation of MNREGA in seven districts and demanded a CBI probe into it. In a 14-page letter to Mayawati, Ramesh cited the instances of alleged irregularities and corruption in implementation of …
The UPA government has decided to allow cash payment of wages to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in a desperate bid to increase demand for jobs that had gone down due to delayed payment of remuneration. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Monday …
Terming as unhealthy the focus on undertaking road projects under the NREGS, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday advocated discouraging road projects under the scheme and suggested keeping the scheme focussed on water harvesting and water conservation. “I find roads being built under the scheme in many states. Too …
