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 …
Direct cash transfer is a better way to help the poor than rural employment guarantee Arvind Panagariya Economic reforms that helped produce sustained rapid growth during the last two decades have cut the proportion of the rural population living below the poverty line from 46 per cent in 1983 to …
TURA: Adequate information and proper implementation of the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) is being looked upon as an alternative to provide jobs to the large number of educated unemployed youth in the State. The programme (PMEGP) was launched by the Central Government on August 15 last year to …
BHUBANESWAR: The Swarnajayanti Gram Sworajgar Yojana (SGSY), the massive self-employment programme of the Government, will now be implemented in a mission mode under a restructured scheme called National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). The NRLM to be launched from the current financial year is aimed at mobilising all the rural BPL …
Zubeda Hamid Social audits are supposed to be conducted on four days every year, along with the gram sabha. This does not take place } FOR the last five months, C Veeramma (50) has had no work. Lack of rains in her village meant that no agricultural work was available …
With Centre's plan to launch National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) by the end of the year, the Ministry of Rural Development has decided to set up 500 Rural Self-employment Training Institutes (RSETI), almost one in each rural district of the country. The Centre has already granted approval for setting up …
P. Sainath It would be rash to conclude that the NREGS is breaking down social hierarchies big time. It is certainly calling them into question, though. ECONOMIC NECESSITY: The NREGS is not breaking down social hierarchies but certainly calling them into question. Across Andhra even those from dominant castes are …
Issues related to National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) were discussed at the audit meeting for the year 2008-09 held at the Kalasa gram panchayat on Tuesday. Member M B Santhosh, Bharathraj and others complained that payments under the NREG Scheme were not released even after the completion of works …
Notwithstanding the near normal rainfall over the past few weeks in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remains concerned about drought and on Wednesday asked the state governments to
The government is to formulate the Industrial Policy-2009 for ensuring overall development of the country through balanced industrialization. In this respect, the government with provide huge infrastructure facilities including stimulus for setting up industries in the country's backward districts and northern parts including greater Rangpur, Dinajpur and Rajshahi. "But the …
Amidst the socio-economic and political upheavals plaguing the State, certain developments taking place in the interior areas have contributed towards employment generation and livelihood enhancement. Tuktuki and Katahguri are two of the villages to name among many in Nagaon district that have witnessed a revolution in fish production in the …
A quarterly index on jobs created is vital for policy action Thanks to the global economic crisis, it is commonplace to talk of job losses in India. But does anyone have a fix on just how many jobs have been lost? Certainly the manner in which the National Rural Employment …
New Delhi: With the global "economic winter" continuing, the UN body Unctad in its trade and development report released on Monday projected an economic growth of 5% for India in 2009 against official and RBI forecasts of above 6% in the current fiscal. However, despite projecting a lower growth rate, …
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 …
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 …
Pakistan has received an application from Saudi government for buying around 500,000 acres of farmland on lease to produce variety of crops and fruits for the Middle East consumers. It is most likely that the government of Pakistan would consider the application soon after Raman, said a senior official in …
- 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
