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. …
Panchayats at different levels play an important role in the implementation of rural development schemes. Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Panchayats are the principal implementing agencies. However, most of the panchayats do not have proper place to efficiently discharge their duties and responsibilities. Inclusion of construction of …
Anantapur: In the context of news reports of embezzlement of funds of National Rural Employment Guarantee Assurance (NREGA) programme coming out in different parts of the State and country, Young India Project (YIP) founded by Narinder Bedi is engaged in creating awareness among the beneficiaries of the scheme instead of …
At Expense Of Poor States, Finds CAG Audit Of NRHM Spend Pradeep Thakur | TNN New Delhi: Some of the poor states in the country that were the focus of the big-ticket National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) have actually ended up being discriminated against in the Central allocation as compared …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI For the first time since the launch of its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2006, UPA II will involve the corporates for independent monitoring of the rural job plan. The rural development ministry, which aims to broadbase the implementation of NREGA, will rope …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI There are no takers for greater transparency in the implementation of UPA flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, as state governments have failed to appoint ombudsman in around 600 districts across the country. Even after the lapse of the three-month period, from September 7, 2009, when …
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), introduced in Jorhat district of Assam in April 2008, has already made much headway in the sphere of employment generation. About 83% people of the district live in rural areas. Job cards have already been issued to more than 50% of rural households. NREGA …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday approved re-naming the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGREGA), but not before the Government was criticised for corruption in the implementation of the scheme launched in 2005. Responding to clarifications, Union …
Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said on Thursday that government was considering interlinking its rural sanitation programme with NREGA to eradicateopen defecation by 2010. Joshi said interlinking would lead to utilisation of funds available under material and labour components of NREGA and thereby expedite the programme. The government
A large number of poor families in Ambala are yet to get the payment for their work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act even though three months have passed. As per the guidelines under the scheme, it is mandatory that the payment to the labour be made every fortnight. …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat: Faced with the shortage of workers, Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) has decided to approach the ministry concerned in the Central government with a proposal to affiliate National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the industry in order to ensure free …
AMID opposition uproar over price rise, Lok Sabha passed three bills within just 15 minutes by voice vote. While opposition parties shouted anti-government slogans, the treasury benches shouted
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has come up with her own explanation for the prices soaring beyond reach in the capital. Ms Dikshit on Wednesday attributed price rise to the UPA government's flagship programme NREGA and the hike in minimum support prices for foodgrains. Ms Dikshit, while explaining the theory of …
Tripura Government has urged the Centre to introduce an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of NREGA. Addressing the National Conference on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Delhi recently, Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik De said ascheme, like NREGA, ought to be …
The Assam Legislative Assembly today witnessed noisy scenes and war of words among the ruling and Opposition members over the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in the State and the entire Question Hour was spent only on one question. The first question of the day posed …
Bracing criticism for poor implementation of the UPA's many "aam aadmi" centric programmes, including its flagship scheme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) with rampant leakages at the ground level, the government has decided to constitute a high-level group to suggest measures to overcome the malice. If things …
Sandip Das New Delhi: After getting clearance from the law and finance ministry, the government has decided to bring in a notification to cap the daily wage of workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) at Rs 100. The notification, expected to be issued shortly, would also restrict …
