-ThePrint.in Social justice ministry noted that its field report indicated a deepening of caste division within village communities over segregation of workers into SCs, STs and others. New Delhi: The Modi government’s controversial decision to split wage payments along caste lines under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been withdrawn and the earlier system of payment from a single account has been restored, ThePrint has learnt. The move made...
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NREGA Sangharsh Morcha demands higher wages, more working days, employee insurance in letter to PM
-National Herald It has requested Union government to notify a wage rate of Rs 600 per day for NREGA workers and allocation of work for 150 days annually for each job card holding individual Flagging issues being faced by crores of MGNREGA workers, NREGA Sangharsh Morcha has requested the Union government to notify a wage rate of Rs 600 per day for NREGA workers and allocation of work for 150 days annually...
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-PTI/ Livemint.com The Congress on Saturday alleged that ₹935 crore had been misappropriated in MGNREGA schemes over the last four years and said the government must be held accountable for failing to check corruption. The party also demanded that the government restore the 4 per cent quota for differently-abled persons in police forces. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Official data corroborates deepening of livelihood crisis in urban areas during the 2020 nationwide lockdown
The recently released quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data broadly confirms the dip in employment and jobs during the countrywide lockdown period, followed by a certain degree of recovery in the post-lockdown months last year as have been indicated by various survey-based studies and research papers. The quarterly bulletin on PLFS provides data on key employment and unemployment indicators i.e. Unemployment Rate (UR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Labour...
More »An urban job guarantee scheme is the need of the hour -CP Chandrashekhar and Jayati Ghosh
-The Hindu Business Line Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately At long last — and more than a year after the need for such a scheme became obvious — a Parliamentary committee has recommended the institution of an urban employment scheme at the national level. The Standing Committee on Labour stated in its report of August 3,...
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