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. …
On water issues, the performance of the United Progressive Alliance over the last five years and that of the NDA earlier have been quite poor. And yet, there was little possibility of holding them accountable for that track record in the just concluded elections.
Four years after the tsunami, the people of Poompuhar lead a well-settled life. You can see resettled villages of fishing and farming communities with neat rows of houses. There are well laid out roads flanked by neon street lights. The transformation of 10 villages in this panchayat is the handiwork …
But choose to remain non-committal and refrain from going into specifics Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: They spoke from the same platform, assured of action by their respective party, and yet when it came to listing the exact plan of action, they chose to remain non-committal. At a day-long public meeting …
KOLKATA, March 20 : Now it's official. The performance of the Left Front government in providing guaranteed jobs for 100 days a year for the rural people during 2007-08 is abysmally poor ~ 25 days on an average against a national average of 44 days. This was revealed in the …
The article by Medha Patkar and Amit Bhaduri offers a correct critique of the current corporate-led rapacious industrialisation which destroys nature and livelihoods. But it does not focus enough on strategies of mobilising people to take charge of the form and content of industrialisation. A programme of industrialisation of, for, …
New Delhi: The World Bank has described the much-acclaimed National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) scheme of the UPA government as a policy barrier hurting economic development and poverty alleviation. Various schemes of UPA like NREGA, watershed programmes and schemes for development of small and medium towns are acting as
The first-ever Lok Adalat on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Jharkhand was all hype and no substance THE NATIONAL Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) ensures every rural household 100 days of work in a year; if work is not provided within 15 days of applying for it, …
JOB CUTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR HAVE LED TO MORE PEOPLE DEMANDING UNSKILLED WORK UNDER THE PROJECT Gireesh Chandra Prasad NEW DELHI THE government is likely to spend more on creating rural jobs than originally budgeted for in fiscal 2009-10 as layoffs in the construction sector have fuelled rural joblessness, government …
SAUBHADRC CHATTERJI New Delhi, 6 March With job losses in the wake W of economic downturn emerging as the biggest socio economic crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) in its manifesto will highlight the need for employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor; among other things "Job …
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill: Changes arrest, custody and remand procedure. National Tax Tribunal Bill: Sets up tribunal for taxation issues. Disaster Management Bill: To set up authority to deal with disasters. Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill: Permits plea bargaining. Brings safeguards for witnesses. Maintenance of Parents Bill: Makes it …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is the first ever law internationally, that guarantees wage employment at an unprecedented scale. NREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a year to every household whose adult …
Workers leave tea gardens for better NREGA wages More than 5,000 tea garden workers in Tripura have switched jobs in the past six months. They have found a better option in the works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega), 2005, leaving a tea industry in crisis in their …
Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey on Wednesday condemned the UP goverment for the anarchy previling in the state and rising crime against poor. Addressing a press conference at the Gandhi Bhawan here on Wednesday, Pandey said the National Rural Employment Guaranteed Scheme had become an instrument of exploitation in the hands …
PISAWADA: Baldev Makwana, 40, keenly watched the budget. A Dalit farmer from this village, 60 km from city, he wanted more. And, he seems to be let down by budget announcement. Now, only National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) is the ray of hope afloat for Baldev. Makwana owns around …
NEW DELHI: The Centre has directed State governments to provide jobs under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to those rendered jobless due to the economic slowdown, particularly in the real estate sector. Union Rural Development Department secretary Rita Sharma told reporters that this instrument of poverty alleviation was …
