India's unemployment rate is likely to decline by as much as 97 basis points by 2028 as the country's economy hits the USD 5 trillion mark, fuelling a rise in employment, a new report said. Unemployment rate -- the percentage of people in the labour force who are without jobs …
The District Planning Committee meet has resolved to construct office buildings with conference halls for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in all Gram Panchayats (GP) and Block Panchayats (BP). Scheme Joint Co-ordinator V Madhusudhanan said that Rs 10 lakh each will be sanctioned to GPs, while Rs …
Minister for Panchayats and Rural Development and Social Justice Gopal Bhargava said that Rs 625 crore has been allocated to 26 districts of the State for providing employment. He said that so far, savings accounts of over 66 lakh job card holders have been opened in banks and post offices. …
The paper is an incisive theoretical overview of the continuing conflict between oil companies and host communities in the Niger-Delta of Nigeria. It examine the contending issues around the substantive functions of oil companies and the latent consequences of environmental degradation which has remained a constant source of friction between …
In this round, the scope of the survey on employment and unemployment was enhanced with the collection of information on migration particulars of the households, of the household members and of the out-migrants. In this survey, a nation-wide enquiry was conducted in a moderately large sample of households to provide …
The State Government will rope in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to review MNREGS works. The ISRO will assist the government by providing satellite drawn high quality pictures of work sites. The government had held preliminary round talks with the space institute. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, RDPR …
Hyderabad, April 21: Admitting the presence of middlemen and contractors in the prestigious National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS), the rural development ministry announced that it would appoint ombudsmen in every district who would be entrusted with the responsibility of examining all complaints of irregularities pointed out by the social …
V. K. Ramachandran, Y. Usami and Biplab Sarkar To perpetuate a system that assigns a household to a single BPL/APL category in circumstances in which poverty is multi-dimensional is not only bad economics, but unconscionable as well. The pilot surveys for the next Census of BPL (below-poverty-line) households are due …
Kakinada, April 20: Leaders and activists of the Telugu Desam party under the leadership of former minister, Mr Chikkala Ramachandra Rao, and the MLC, Mr N. Chinarajappa, alleged that the minister for rural development, Mr Vatti Vasanta Kumar, had deviated from the guidelines of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …
VIJAYAWADA, April 20: Over 600 workers laid a siege to the mandal development office in Jaggaiahpet on Tuesday demanding full payment of wages for the works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). The workers alleged that they were paid only Rs 40 against Rs 100 per day announced …
Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge would present a briefing on the country's highly successful National Rural Employment Generation Scheme at the first ever meet of G-20 labour ministers here on Tuesday. Top officials from the US Department of Labour, organisers of the event, said the innovative 100-day rural employment guarantee …
R. Arivanantham As per MNREGS Act, each worker should work at least seven hours a day and finish the work allotted to them Working hard:Braving heat, women work to desilt Kurumba Eri under the National Rural DHARMAPURI: To ensure the livelihood of rural people, the Union Government is implementing the …
KORAPUT: The District Administration in Koraput seems to have geared up towards performing remarkably in NREGA in the coming days. Involving credible NGOs, the district is going for social audit of NREGA in the district. Social Audit is an important means of wider transparency in NREGA and the result of …
Anantapur, April 7: The government has decided to divert about Rs 100 crore of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) funds to construct roads in rural areas in Anantapur district. The Zilla Parishad will assign these works to contractors under the nomination process instead of inviting tenders. About Rs 50 …
IN WHAT could strengthen hands of those who maintain that NREGA programme was not being implemented properly, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the money earmarked for the project was not percolating down to the intended beneficiaries.
A group of nine countries under the Global Climate Network (GCN) umbrella will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the new low-carbon job opportunities. As one of the members of the group, India is looking to further explore non-conventional energy sources that would add to employment openings. The theme of …
Job programmes under the scheme, meant for poor, not being blocked by Red rebels Who says the Naxals do not like government-sponsored development programmes? Check this out in red rebel-infested tribal belt in Jharkhand. They love the Central government
