Women’s health and hygiene are of prime concern in rural areas with inadequate access to water, toilets, and sanitary napkins. In a move to make sanitisation accessible and safe to the women of villages and remove the taboo around menstrual health, the Gadag district of Karnataka is constructing pink toilets under the central government’s Swachh … Read more
Work generation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) fell 7.1% in 2021-22 compared to that in 2020-21, when the first wave of Covid-19 struck India, leading to stringent restrictions, but was 36.5% higher than the pre-pandemic level of 2019-20. This showed the growing dependence on the employment guarantee scheme for livelihood … Read more
Opposition members on Tuesday declared support to the two-day nationwide strike call given by a group of trade union against the privatisation policies pursued by the government and sought a discussion on the issue in the Lok Sabha. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Trinamool member Saugata Roy claimed that the strike had received massive … Read more
New Delhi: At least 19 states have overshot the expenditure on the rural employment guarantee scheme for the current year even with more than a month left for the fiscal year to end, reflecting the slow recovery in the labour market and the continued stress on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mgnrega) … Read more
With the first wave witnessing the return of migrant workers to their home states further worsening the early crisis, the dependence on the scheme was evident. Synopsis Through its sophisticated social protection system with schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and Public Distribution System (PDS) that target uplifting the poorest … Read more
Work demand and employment provided under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme fell to its lowest since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic as recovery gained ground with hiring picking up across sectors. Data showed that work generated under the scheme fell by 10.9% in September to 23.47 crore person days compared to 26.36 … Read more
The economy faces more downside risks now as economic disruptions arising from the second wave are likely to stabilise only from July, warned the Swiss brokerage USB Securities. Last month, the brokerage had cut its GDP forecast by 150 bps to 10 per cent for FY22, which though is much higher than the consensus projections … Read more
Despite the second coronavirus wave entering rural areas and lockdown in several states, the demand for work under rural employment scheme MGNREGA is on the rise, according to the data released by Rural Development Ministry on Monday. In the wake of the pandemic, there have been casualties in operating staff for implementation of rural development … Read more
The government will need to roll out a relief package worth Rs 8 lakh crore to contain hardships being faced by lower-income groups due to the economic impact of COVID-19, a report by Azim Premji University said on Wednesday. The report is based on inputs from Consumer Pyramids Household Survey, Azim Premji Foundation, and many … Read more
Demand for work by households under the rural employment guarantee scheme increased by 89% to 2.54 crore households in April so far, against 1.34 crore a year earlier. The demand during the month has been the highest in any April since compilation of the data started in 2013, suggesting the pressure on hinterlands, after several … Read more