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 Performance Review Committee of the ministry of rural development took stock of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, and Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) on Thursday. On Friday the PRC will appraise the National Social Assistance Program and Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana along with training programmes of the ministry. …
guwahati: Thousands of protesting farmers and rural folks squatted on the streets around Assam's capital complex on Wednesday shouting slogans and singing revolutionary songs to press for their demands for proper implementation of NREGA scheme, purging the Rural Development Department from rampant corruption and a land settlement for farmers. The …
Even as the central government is giving impetus to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) by renaming it the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, single women feel that the scheme is not benefiting them. The point came out today during a discussion here on the occasion of …
Sandip Das New Delhi: The crucial second meeting of the newly constituted Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) on Wednesday failed to come up with common recommendations on issues like rise in demand for works in drought-hit districts and lacunae in wage payment. Besides, the contentious issue of
Demanding proper implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and allotment of land patta, thousands of peasants under the banner of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti today staged a dharna at Last Gate. Around 5,000 peasants under the banner of KMSS today urged the Government to resolve the issues at …
A total sum of Rs 192.42 lakh has been released for 12 GPs of Dhakuakhana sub-division by the Lakhimpur deputy commissioner under the NREGA Programme. The fund was released through the DRDA for various rural development works by Jayant Narlikar, DC, Lakhimpur. Earlier, Rs 132.35 lakh were released by the …
Even as the UPA government has already broad-based the types of jobs to be taken under its flagship rural employment scheme under the NREGA, the representatives of regional parties on Tuesday asked for further expansion of its scope and bringing in more transparency in implementing the programme. The leaders of …
Kanika Datta / New Delhi October 6, 2009, 0:27 IST The 2009 Magsaysay Award winner explains why he thinks the NREGA is critical. Deep Joshi retired from the rural development NGO Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) two years ago, but it took him nearly a month to find time …
Left-ruled West Bengal and BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh have emerged as the top states in implementing the Centre's ambitious flagship programme NREGA for the disabled. According to the latest official estimates, West Bengal has provided work to as many as 29,714 disabled people in 2009-10 followed by Chhattisgarh where 13,763 people have …
Democracy," Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi once said, "is the art and science of mobilising the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all." The ghost of spirituality went out with the Mahatma. What is in the domain of …
CHAMARAJANAGAR: Members of the Chamarajanagar Taluk Panchayat have alleged that officials of the Watershed Development Department have misappropriated a large amount of funds under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) by executing work that was of poor quality. At a meeting here on Thursday, a member, Mahadev, requested the …
Chandigarh: A special campaign has been launched in Punjab for ensuring effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and to make the implementing agencies more accountable in this regard. Stating this, rural development and panchayats minister Ranjit Singh Brahmpura said 5.24 lakh job cards have already been …
The Union Government has brought small and marginal farmers within the scope of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The necessary amendment to Schedule 1, para 1(iv) of the NREG Act has been effected by the government. Earlier only members of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, persons living below …
Zubeda Hamid Social audits are supposed to be conducted on four days every year, along with the gram sabha. This does not take place } FOR the last five months, C Veeramma (50) has had no work. Lack of rains in her village meant that no agricultural work was available …
