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 government is giving a fresh push to its flagship rural employment scheme ahead of the general elections, providing additional funds to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. To begin with, the rural development ministry will pump in . 200 crore each year, a senior official told ET, adding that …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for the year ending 31 March 2012 said the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) could not achieve guaranteed wage employment due to improper planning in the perspective plan. The MGNREGA guarantees employment for more than three …
Under a Central programme, sustainability works are being taken up on priority in over-exploited rural areas The Karnataka government is drawing up a new project to recharge borewells in the backdrop of over-exploitation of ground water, drying up of 50,000 handpumps and "life-less" position of 12,000 tanks in the state, …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of performance audit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Assam.The audit was conducted through test check of the records of the Commissioner of Panchayat and Rural Development and field level implementing agencies …
Says budgetary provisions for hill state would be almost doubled to Rs 700 cr from Rs 450 cr under MNREGA Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has substantially raised financial aid for the floods-ravaged Uttarakhand. This includes a budget of Rs 700 crore under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee …
In the backdrop of the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and the dangerous rise of major rivers in northern India, a professor from the department of Geography of Allahabad University and his team of research scholars have come up with a unique idea-that of harvesting the additional floodwater which inundates. The …
'Make Karnataka open defecation-free by 2018' Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday expressed disappointment over the poor condition of sanitation in the State and set 2018 as the deadline for the Karnataka government to make state free of open defecation. Briefing reporters after holding a review meeting of …
The state has got Rs 2,133 cr for 2013-14 under the scheme Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday announced a bumper for Karnataka on his maiden visit to the state after Congress took over the reins a month ago. The minister has announced 49 per cent rise …
Mincing no words, Union Rural Development Minister Minister Jairam Ramesh today told the Congress Government in Karnataka that grants for various Central schemes would be withheld as done during the previous BJP regime if it does not deliver in implementing them. “If this government does not change the way the …
The Maharashtra government has decided to spend `60,000 crores on water conservation and irrigation works in the state, with special priority to draught hit regions, in the next three years, hoping that this would make Maharashtra “tanker-free”. Of the total amount, the state government will spend `30,000 crores from its …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured Arunachal Pradesh to consider more projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to increase connectivity in this land–locked State. The assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, official sources informed here today. The present …
India’s rural employment guarantee is a milestone in social policy and employment creation. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was mandated in 2005 to implement an ambitious, demand-driven employment-creation program to benefit the rural poor through projects that improve agricultural productivity and alleviate land degradation. Guaranteeing the right …
In the 'Report to the People', released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the fourth anniversary of UPA-II, the government presented figures to highlight growth in employment and doubling of wages under MNREGA, three-fold increase in food subsidy, growth in social sector schemes and tele-density. …
Though the CAG has pointed to poor performance of MGNREGA, a joint study by the UNDP and Sambodhi, a Delhi-based research organisation, has found the scheme has made a “significant impact” in generating income for small and marginal farmers especially in case of work on land of individual beneficiaries. The …
A simple initiative to recharge the open wells using rainwater harvesting techniques seems to be yielding dividends in enhancing ground water levels in several parts of Thrissur district. About 8,110 wells of households and institutions have been recharged under the project, with the support of the government, ever since it …
The Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act has often been ridiculed as a scheme that has hardly any impact. Many say that MGNREGA workers just 'dig and fill holes,' but scientists from premier science institutions seem to think differently. At a time when the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act …
Implementation of MGNREGS works such as water conservation and harvesting works, drought proofing and renovation of traditional water bodies have contributed to improved ground water levels finds this study conducted by IISc, Bangalore. The study on the environmental benefits of MGNREGS and reduction of vulnerability to climate risks was initiated …
Works taken up as part of NREGA scheme were found to help maintain ground water levels, aiding crop productivity The UPA government’s flagship employment guarantee programme can play an important role in conserving natural resources and sustaining water supply and food production, according to a study. Conceived to provide livelihood …
Awardees include profit and not-for-profit firms in M.P., Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand The World Bank Institute awarded $2 million (Rs. 10.74 crores) to 20 organisations working in the sectors of financial inclusion, trafficking, health, education and livelihood. The grant of $ 100,000 (Rs. 53.7 lakhs) per project is to help these …
