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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA : A case for rural regeneration -Debmalya Nandy

MGNREGA : A case for rural regeneration -Debmalya Nandy

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published Published on Sep 9, 2020   modified Modified on Sep 9, 2020

-The Telegraph

The economic distress caused by unilaterally imposed lockdowns has brought the focus back on the rural job programme

Narendra Modi’s cocky statement in Parliament in 2015 about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act being a monumental failure of the Congress regime may have been a political jibe, but it showed that the government had no intention of boosting a programme which, since its inception, has suffered from the lack of political intent, leakages and bureaucratic negligence. Over-the-top technological interventions have pushed the MGNREGA towards centralization, with transparency and local accountabilities being compromised.

However, the economic distress caused by unilaterally imposed lockdowns has brought the focus back on the rural job programme. The MGNREGA has become a lifeline for millions of rural workers in their struggle for survival. The Periodic Labour Force Survey had shown in 2017-18 that the unemployment rate stood at 6.1 per cent, the highest in the last 45 years. Independent research suggests that 6 out of 10 workers in rural areas and 8 out of 10 employees in urban areas in the informal sector have lost employment during the lockdown. A large number of people remain excluded from the public distribution system. These figures call for reformatory action.

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The Telegraph, 9 September, 2020, https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/mgnrega-a-case-for-rural-regeneration/cid/1791417


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