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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Extending MGNREGA to urban areas will create 50 million jobs: State Of Working India 2019 report -Ralph Alex Arakal

Extending MGNREGA to urban areas will create 50 million jobs: State Of Working India 2019 report -Ralph Alex Arakal

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published Published on Apr 20, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 20, 2019
-The Indian Express

Interestingly, researchers observed that as much as 5 million people left the workforce between 2016 and 2018. "The beginning of the decline in jobs coincided with demonetisation in November 2016, although no direct causal relationship can be established based only on these trends," The State of Working India (SWI) 2019 report released by Azim Premji University says.

Bengaluru:
Researchers and economists of Azim Premji University, based in Bangalore, has proposed an Urban Employment Guarantee programme that can create employment opportunities for up to 50 million workers in small towns across the country.

The State of Working India (SWI) 2019 report, which was released in the city on April 16, elaborates the proposal of extending national rural employment guarantee programmes to urban areas. “India has been a leader in the implementation of employment guarantee programmes via the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). It is time to think about extending this to urban areas also. Such an urban employment guarantee scheme will provide employment within town or city limits to all those who ask for it and thereby provide services to all residents, build our civic infrastructure, and restore the urban commons,” the proposal reads.

According to SWI 2019, a detailed programme that calls for providing 100 days of guaranteed work at Rs 500 a day for a variety of works would act as a solution to the employment crisis the country faces. The report adds that such a programme would also provide 150 contiguous days of training-and-apprenticeship at a stipend of Rs 13,000 per month for educated youth. It is estimated that such a programme will cost between 1.7 to 2.7% of GDP and will create work for 30-50 million people.

SWI 2019 report presents ongoing research and analysis of India’s employment situation. The report also proposes a Universal Basic Services programme that calls for increasing education spending to 6% of GDP and health spending to 3% of GDP, in order to create over 2 million good jobs while supplying high-quality public services.

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The Indian Express, 16 April, 2019, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/extending-mgnrega-to-urban-areas-will-create-50-million-jobs-state-of-working-india-2019-report-azim-premji-unive


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