-The Indian Express The government at the Centre may have changed, but the performance of the flagship rural job guarantee scheme continues to remain dismal, with households not getting work for even one third of the mandated 100 days (annually) on an average so far this year. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), introduced in February 2006, promises 100 days of employment every year to each rural household. A...
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Rural jobs: Centre tells states to focus on 2,500 blocks -Ruhi Tewari
-The Financial Express In a move that may be aimed at narrowing down the scope of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act. In a move that may be aimed at narrowing down the scope of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the Centre has informally asked states to focus its implementation in the 2,500 blocks designated as backward under the Intensive Participatory Planning Exercise. The Rural Development ministry, in July this...
More »The link between sanitation and schooling -Kiran Bhatty
-The Hindu In addition to adequate provision of funds for cleaning, sanitation training and maintenance of toilets in schools, the issue of fixing accountability must also be addressed The revival of the issue of toilets in schools has brought to the fore a discussion that has for long existed among educationists, with varying positions occupying centre stage at different times. A couple of decades ago, when the deplorable state of education began...
More »MNREGA may be restricted only to tribal, backward districts
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Rural development minister Nitin Gadkari has indicated that the new government may restrict the rural employment guarantee scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, only to tribal and backward districts of the country. "MNREGA is not required in areas where per capita income is high, higher growth rate and higher agricultural growth rate... it is required only in tribal sector and (areas of) poor," Gadkari...
More »Bringing migrants back home -Pramathesh Ambasta
-The Hindu The Odisha government has made the right announcements to improve the plight of migrant workers, but a lot more needs to be done In December 2013, a labourer chopped off the palms of two migrant workers from western Odisha. He had paid them an advance for working in the brick kilns of Hyderabad and did not take kindly to their arguing with him about the payment and place of work....
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