The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
On 22 May 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, said,
The Panchayat and Rural Development Ministry Department, West Bengal, in association with Pixel Informatics, plans to use mobile telephony to collect data of beneficiaries under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme. As a part of the pilot project, the Government has handed over 1,100 mobile handsets to members of Gram …
P Raghavan The National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme is the single largest public works programme in human history. Showcasing the United Progressive Alliance
The Census of 2002 to identify the poor in rural areas of India was the third in a quinquennial series. However, it has been appropriately criticised. This paper elaborates on the criticisms, and proposes an alternative set of criteria and methodology for conducting the next (now overdue) census of the …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), notified on September 7, 2005, marked a paradigm shift from the previous waste employment programmes with its rights-based approach that makes the Government legally accountable for providing employment to those who demand it. Convergence is an evolving process and while broad principles can …
BHUBANESWAR: Faced with fund crunch, the State Government's warning to the Centre to stop the flagship wage employment programme under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has paid dividends. The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) on Saturday released Rs 347 crore as second instalment as against the State Government …
The Report of the Committee on Rural Development (2008-2009) deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Twenty
New Delhi: In the backdrop of protests against land acquisitions and SEZs that have stalled various projects, the UPA Government has decided to get the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007, and the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act cleared by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Sources said a Group …
Aiming to check unemployment caused by the economic downturn, the government is planning to come out with an employment guarantee scheme for urban areas on the pattern of NREGS. Officials of the labour ministry said some high-level discussions have already been convened over the proposed scheme and major outlines have …
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The operational guidelines on convergence between NREGA and National Afforestation Project. Details modalities for convergence at the level of management, planning and works. Works identified under this will be executed within parameters of NREGA and the guidelines would be subject to forestry regulations. Convergence between NREGA and NAP is mutually …
Express News Service Posted: Jan 31, 2009 at 0038 hrs IST Amritsar: The Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar, K S Pannu has been selected by the Government of India for the Award for Excellence in National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (NREGA) administration. He would be conferred this award on February 2 …
SIVAGANGA: Sivaganga district has been selected as number one in the country in implementing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme. While the second position has gone to Chithoor district in Andhra Pradesh, Ganjam district in Orissa has been selected for the third position. Sivaganga Collector Pankaj Kumar Bansal will …
CII wants government to reconsider land acquisition bill THE Confederation of Indian Industry (cii) has opposed the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2007 likely to be tabled in the next session of Parliament. The cii in a press release said it wants the government to reconsider the bill that mandates industries …
The NREGA is a piece of new-age legislation which invokes the framework of legal rights to provide employment in rural areas. The rights framework should, ideally, provide an antidote to government irresponsibility in the form of accountability under the law. In practice, however, this transition towards an accountable system has …
Nain Khurd (Patiala), This village definitely shows the way to thousands of other Punjab villages which are still wanting on account of cleanliness and proper sanitation as they look towards the authorities for improvement of their lot. Things are starkly different at this tiny village having a populatin slightly crossing …
Land and water are the main natural resources vital for agricultural production system. About one-third of cultivated land is irrigated and remaining 85 million ha is under rainfed cultivation in the country. Also about 146 million ha is degraded land needing reclamation/management for optimal productive use. The increasing human population …
The spatial and temporal variability experienced in the weather conditions of a local area as well as the landmass on which they act makes the overall system highly dynamic and therefore complex to understand in terms of its water resources. Watershed management philosophy offers a great deal in handling these …
