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. …
Even as the flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme continues to face problems at the implementation level, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, ignoring suggestions by Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia and other economists, has refused to bring any major change in the scheme. After the …
As General Election draws near, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government plans to showcase its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme to highlight its social sector achievements. A national conference has been planned in the capital
In order to provide 100 days employment in a year to rural unemployed, the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) has started its operations in various Gaon Panchayats of the district under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). As a part of the operation, the NREGA was also inaugurated at …
Chandigarh: Besides helpline, separate counters at e-Disha centres and post offices planned The Haryana Government, which has emerged as the fourth best e-governed state in the country according to the findings of a national survey, now plans to add another facility for the benefit of those seeking information under the …
Bengal could provide each rural household only 25 days of work on an average in the 2007-08 financial year against a target of 100 days, a report prepared by the panchayat and rural development department says. Officials put the blame for the miserable performance on a slew of factors, from …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya continues to have a poor record when it comes to implementation of Central schemes. Besides several other projects including Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), one of the most progressive social welfare schemes called National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has yet to take off in the State …
Demanding effective implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a host of voluntary and mass organisations staged a dharna in front of State Assembly here on Friday. They have called for an overhaul of the existing setup. Although two years have passed since implementation of the Act, the State …
Kohima: The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Government has failed to disseminate information on NREGA and there were 'serious irregularities' in implementation of the act meant for the rural poor, Nagaland PCC alleged on Wednesday. The DAN Government had hardly taken any initiative for creating awareness about NREGA or RTI, …
In this article the author reviews NREGA as it is unfolding in Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh thirty-eight lakh households have registered from employment covering thirteen districts. Of this about a third are yet to receive their job cards.
This Report is an update of the Rural Food Insecurity Atlas of 2001 released by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Since then, numerous new programmes have been initiated by the central and state governments for achieving food security in the country. Giving …
Agartala, Nov 24: The Ministry of Rural Development has urged Northeastern states to promote collaboration with Social Research institutions to strengthen the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) effectively in the region. The latest communiqu of the Ministry underlined that considerable potential and scope for collaboration existed between …
BANGALORE: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran has called for widening the scope of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. He was chairing a session on
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is incomplete as it has been framed without considering the schemes impact on agriculture activities in rural areas, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P Dinakaran said on Sunday. He was chairing the session on
Nagesh Prabhu BANGALORE: Karnataka is lagging behind in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a flagship programme of the Union Government, when compared to the performance of the three other southern States where the programme has also been implemented. In fact, the scheme is yet to take …
