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. …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Calling for redoubled efforts for mitigating rural distress from the after-effects of drought, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that the prime task was to put purchasing power in the hands of the most-needy parts of the country
AIZWAL, Sept 8: By generating employment opportunities through infrastructure development projects, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has helped people in rural areas of Mizoram. In Vairengte, located about 130 km from Aizawl, the State capital, many villagers are being employed in road construction projects. They earn rupees 103 …
Nathu Ram has studied up to Class 5, owns two acres of non-irrigated land, and looks much older than his 48 years. This year, Nathu Ram got work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for 28 days. He received the third instalment of his wages at the end …
Sept. 8: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the state and UT rural development and panchayati raj ministers on Wednesday during a conference of the rural development ministry. The conference has been called to discuss the features of the proposed National Rural Livelihood Mission (NLRM) and the emerging issues in …
The people of Barchala LAC of Sonitpur district, particularly those who have been living on the banks of the River Brahmaputra from the point of Gabharumukh Chapori till the point of Barchala Gokhaighat area
Preeti Parashar Chandigarh: After launching its mobile payment system Beam, Delhi-based Suvidha Starnet is in talks with the central government for facilitating payments towards National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in three states. Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh are likely to be the three states where the project will …
New Delhi: The Centre is mulling health insurance cover for all NREGA workers, a move which may incur a huge recurring expenditure on UPA, but also holds the potential to deepen
Mahim Pratap Singh CHHATTARPUR / TIKAMGARH (MADHYA PRADESH): The implementation of the scheme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) might not be as great a success here as the government and social auditors have claimed it to be across the country. If statements of rural people of Bundelkhand …
Zubeda Hamid I explained to the overseer that we live separately. I am not even supported by my husband. But they said I was registered under his family and his card had already been used for 73 days IT may be a lifeline for thousands across the country but the …
Mahim Pratap Singh CHHATTARPUR/TIKAMGARH (MADHYA PRADESH): Bundelkhand is reeling under agrarian crisis. Farmers in Chhattarpur and Tikamgarh districts who took heavy loans for the kharif crop are in a dilemma
Mahim Pratap Singh CHHATTARPUR / TIKAMGARH (MADHYA PRADESH): The implementation of the scheme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) might not be as great a success here as the government and social auditors have claimed it to be across the country. If statements of rural people of Bundelkhand …
K.Balchand NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the drawbacks of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the fact remains that it has been able to lift the standard of living of at least some of its beneficiaries living below the poverty line. The Institute of Applied Manpower Research, at the behest of the …
Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged the Centre to bring crop protection from wild animals under ambit of NREGA as farmers are suffering huge losses on this account. He raised this issue in a meeting with Central Rural Development Minister CP Joshi at a high-level meeting in Delhi today. He …
- 300 NREGA permits lying with forest department Jamua (Giridih), Sept. 3: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has reached every village in Giridih. But the question villagers are asking these days is where are their job cards. Giridih has 1.78 lakh job card-holders
Chiranjit Banerjee "We are aware we have not kept up to the original agreed schedule of completion affecting the plans of customers who had booked well in advance. The reasons are many but if I have to single out one primary reason, it is shortage of labour (due to tremendous …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the effects of the global meltdown had begun to wear out and asserted that UPA II was in a commanding position to tackle drought. Terming the pessimism about the economy unwarranted, Dr. Singh, chairing the first full-fledged meeting of …
IN ABOUT a fortnight, crores of unskilled workers registered under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) may start receiving the new minimum wage of Rs 100 a day, a government official said. So far, minimum wages were fixed by the respective state governments and they varied from Rs 65-140 …
Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey Before tinkering with the NREGA in the name of reforms, the government must ensure that the foundations of the scheme are strengthened. No change should be introduced without a rigorous debate that centrally involves its primary constituents. As the Union Ministry of Rural Development attempts …
New Delhi: With concern being voiced over implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Centre has convened an all-party meeting here on Wednesday to discuss how its flagship programme for rural development could be run more effectively. "We have invited representatives from all the national parties to discuss …
