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 …
After initial hiccups, Rural Development Minister Churchill Alemao says the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has finally taken off in South Goa district. If Alemao is to be believed, the RDA has sanctioned over two crores for works under the NREG scheme, providing employment to the people in the district …
This article explores the critical role of labour market imperfections in climate stabilisation costs formation. It shows that the degree of rigidity of the labour markets is a central parameter and we conduct a systematic sensitivity analysis of the model results to this parameter. When labour markets are represented as …
P. Sainath All but half a dozen of the 175 families in Palavai village, Anantapur, are sending members to work in the NREGS sites. The number of women going for that work keeps increasing.
Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey Before tinkering with the NREGA in the name of reforms, the government must ensure that the foundations of the scheme are strengthened. No change should be introduced without a rigorous debate that centrally involves its primary constituents. As the Union Ministry of Rural Development attempts …
The government is mulling some proposals like spot payment by banks at the work-site, and deploying paid gram panchayat representatives in the banks to process the dues to address the worrying issue of late payments in its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, or NREGS. At the same time, cutting …
New Delhi: With concern being voiced over implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), the Centre has convened an all-party meeting here on Wednesday to discuss how its flagship programme for rural development could be run more effectively. "We have invited representatives from all the national parties to discuss …
Australia's government challenged conservative rivals on Thursday to support deadlocked emissions trade laws after both sides reached agreement on a new national target to sharply lift the use of renewable energy. The center-left government said it was talking to neighboring New Zealand about "harmonizing" emissions schemes in the South Pacific's …
Interview with Jean Dreze, development economist. JEAN DREZE is an Indian development economist and a former member of the National Developmental Council. He is a member of the support group of the Right to Food campaign, an informal network of organisations and individuals committed to the realisation of the right …
Mihir Shah Envisioning NREGA-II is important to realise the unfulfilled dreams of NREGA-I, which has failed thus far to break free of the shackles of a debilitating past. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) promises a revolutionary demand-driven, people-centred development programme. Planning, implementation and social audit by gram sabhas …
NEW DELHI: Fourteen organisations have opposed the manner in which the United Progressive Alliance government has been rushing through the restructuring of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which they say is against the spirit of the law and to the detriment of Dalits and the poor. Outlining the …
Solan: Apart from their brilliant academic track records Ankit Chaudhary, Rajinder Rana, Anchal, Devi, Anjali and a bunch of others like them in Nauni, a picturesque town nestled in Solan, 45km from Shimla, have one more thing in common. They are all workers labouring under NREGA.
The Scottish government has given the go-ahead to two wind power projects, including one held up in the planning system for five years, that could supply enough clean energy for about 43,000 homes, it said on Friday. The 29-turbine Berry Burn wind farm near Forres will have a capacity of …
First-ever state of-the-art wastage to energy power plant will be set up at Rachna industrial park on Lahore Sheikhupura Road. The park will have its own 5 to 25 megawatt power plant, which would produce energy from waste for the industries. This was stated by Mohsin Syed Regional Director of …
A group of small U.S. manufacturers and trade associations is endorsing a bill it says will boost the number of green manufacturing jobs in industries like wind and solar power in the United States. The Apollo Alliance, a California-based coalition of labor, business and environmental groups, said the companies support …
A government plan for greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 would push down Japan's economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and raise unemployment by 0.2 percentage points in 2020, a government panel report showed on Wednesday. Japan, the world's fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, set in June its 2020 climate target, which …
Companies working with Ford Motor Co (F.N), Chrysler Group and General Motors Corp [GM.UL] received more than $600 million on Wednesday to further development of batteries for hybrids and electric cars. The awards were part of $2.4 billion in grants being announced by the Obama administration as part of its …
Narayan Lakshman CHENNAI: Variations in taking up the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) are being observed at the district level in areas such as Theni. Geographical variations within Theni correspond to differential rates of taking up the scheme. The southern parts of the district such as the Cumbum valley …
Joseph Vackayil : Food security and agriculture issues are gaining importance in the wake of global food crisis and steep rise in food grain prices. India
