In a huge win for the West Bengal government, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Centre’s petition that challenged the Calcutta High Court’s order directing the resumption of MGNREGA, a 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme, in the state, after over three years. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme, launched by the UPA … Read more
The launch of the Bima Sakhi Yojana by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday marks the initiation of an ambitious project by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) aimed at empowering women financially. The goal of the scheme is to enlist 100,000 Bima Sakhi within a year to provide rural women with the opportunity to become … Read more
New Delhi: India’s labour market remains under stress, primarily because of a fall in the employment rate in rural India and continued low employment rate in urban India, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy said. “The falling employment rate in rural India and the continued low employment rate in urban India are the weaknesses in … Read more
Demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has gone up by 38.79% in the current fiscal as more and more people migrated to rural hinterland during the lockdown period and sought work under the rural employment guarantee scheme. “Total 22.49 crore sought work under the scheme in the current … Read more