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U-turn on MgNREGA? Now, NDA govt terms scheme cause of 'national pride'

-PTI New Delhi: As MgNREGA completes ten years on Tuesday, Narendra Modi govermment, which earlier appeared critical of the UPA's flagship rural job scheme, on Monday hailed the measure saying the achievements of a decade are a "cause of "national pride and celebration". In a statement, the government also claimed that the last financial year saw a "revival" of the programme and announced that the focus in upcoming years will be towards...

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Accountability Yatra strengthens voice of the marginalized

Seldom rural citizens get the chance to meet high-level officials who are responsible for delivery of public services and implement pro-poor schemes. But this was made possible thanks to the Accountability Yatra, which is taking place in Rajasthan since December 2015.   It is indeed a rare opportunity to find a District Education Officer (DEO) being asked directly by a simple villager in a public meeting that in how many school...

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Is Gujarat not part of India? SC questions failure in implementing MNREGA, Food Act

-PTI The bench also asked the Centre to collect and collate information from drought-hit states on the status of welfare schemes like MgNREGA, National Food Security and mid-day meal. The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on certain states for not implementing welfare legislation National Food Security Act, saying that why a state like Gujarat is not implementing the law passed by Parliament. “What is Parliament doing? Is Gujarat not a...

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Rahul mission against job scheme 'dilution' -Sanjay K Jha

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi now plans to reach out to day labourers and tribals like he did with farmers and Dalits last year, raising alleged dilution of the legal framework the UPA government had built for them. The Congress has drawn up a nationwide campaign against alleged dilution of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which covers the lowest rungs of job seekers. It also plans to forcefully...

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How Do We Combat Droughts?

-Economic and Political Weekly Agriculture cannot be revived without a different approach to water, soil, crops and research. For the second year in succession, rainfall in the monsoon season has been less than normal. As many as 302 out of the 640 districts in the country have been declared drought-hit and the impact of the drought is the severest in nine major states of south, central and east India. It is striking...

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