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. …
India's economic success has been remarkable; India's agricultural success will follow. Rural India still needs nurturing, not necessarily by just extra funding, but with vision and leadership addressing issues, with down to earth, workable solutions.
Agriculture continues to be the predominant component of the national economy and a principal means of livelihood for two thirds of country's population living in the rural areas. Hence, it occupies central stage in the Indian economy and the Government of India places high priority on reducing poverty by raising …
This is a report from Office of the Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioners on food-nutrition insecurity and starvation in 15 villages of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh displaced due to the Sardar Sarovar Project. This report is on food-nutrition insecurity and starvation in 15 villages of Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh, …
Ministers handling various departments in Assam submitted individual strategy papers, outlining various innovative and pragmatic schemes, to chief minister Tarun Gogoi this morning. The strategy papers were prepared in accordance with Gogoi
Leh has become the first district in the state to have its own five-year perspective plan 2011-16 for all 93 panchayat halqas of the district and Leh town for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as per the wishes and needs of people. The formulation …
The “authoritarianism vs democracy” divide in the ongoing anti-corruption movement is a false one. It conceals the real unity of interests between the authoritarian upper middle class elitist agenda and the political class supposedly defending Indian democracy today. Where do the poor figure here?
SRINAGAR: Asking the officers to incorporate the views and suggestions of the recently elected panches and sarpanches in various developmental programmes, the Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that the same is necessary for accelerating the pace of development and also effective …
Taking note of the failure of the Odisha government in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Center has decided to sanction only 25 per cent of the total funds earmarked for the state in the current fiscal. Moreover, the six districts in the state where …
It appears there are no takers for the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NAREGA) scheme in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. And the simple reason for this is that workers are getting higher wages at private projects and there is no dearth of such projects in Noida. …
United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a rural livelihood programme, another ambitious poverty alleviation plan after the popular rural jobs guarantee scheme. The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), launched in Rajasthan
This review identifies and synthesizes the available evidence to assess the impact of two social protection interventions on the poor; employment guarantee schemes (EGSs) and cash transfers (CTs). This systematic review assesses the evidence on the impact of employment guarantee schemes and cash transfers on the poor. The poor are …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) during the period July 2009 - June 2010 carried out an all-India household survey on the subject of employment and unemployment in India as a part of 66th round of its survey programme. In this survey, the nation-wide enquiry was conducted to generate estimates …
This report examines the progress that MGNREGA has made in the rapid expansion of employment provision through its demand-driven rights-based approach. It highlights experiences from states that have successfully implemented the Act and discusses the evidence on the impacts on poverty and social inclusion in India.
Today, the world produces enough to feed all seven billion of its inhabitants – but nearly a billion people still go without. This paper is about why this global scandal continues, and what can be done to solve it. Its central argument is that access to food is as important …
To ensure transparency in delivery of commodities to the poor in Rajasthan The Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct the much sought-after social audit for fair price shops functioning under the public distribution system (PDS) to ensure transparency and effectiveness in the delivery of essential commodities to poor people. The …
Even as state governments invest in social welfare measures, they are forced into constant competition with one another to attract private investments, offering a good “investment climate” that includes access to a low cost workforce and a physical infrastructure geared towards capital accumulation. The need to provision welfare within an …
Disoi reserve forest (Assam-Nagaland border), May 22: The foothills of this hilly rain-fed reserve forest may soon turn into a picturesque tourist destination as well as a farmers
