-Newsclick.in Till October 2019, over 2.5 crore applicant households were turned back when they sought work under the rural job guarantee scheme. It would have seemed natural – indeed, imperative – that, as India grapples with a deadly slowdown, with agricultural economy growing only at around 2% and rural joblessness hovering at a shocking 8%, the government would infuse some energy in the implementation of the rural jobs guarantee scheme (MGNREGA). This...
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Unspent PM Kisan funds may be used for MGNREGA: Report
-TheWire.in While 7.17 crore farmers have been registered under PM Kisan, only 4.12 crore – those who registered in the first period – will be eligible to receive all four instalments that will be due by the end of March. New Delhi: Some portion of the money that is likely to remain unspent under PM Kisan could be diverted for the Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), according to a...
More »It's time to move away from paddy-wheat cropping cycle to end air pollution
Air quality in North India in general and Delhi National Capital Region (Delhi NCR) in particular plunged to its lowest point in recent years during October-November thanks to a variety of factors. Through media reports one comes to know that stubble burning (also called paddy straw burning/ crop residue burning) is chiefly responsible for the public health crisis in India's capital and its nearby regions. Data accessed from the website...
More »Jobless rate surges as factories slump
-The Telegraph Highest unemployment rate since August 2016 Mumbai: The gloom and doom scenario in India’s economy darkened a little more on Friday after an independent database company threw up an alarming statistic: the unemployment rate in October had surged to 8.48 per cent — the highest since August 2016. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) — a respected private researcher — said the unemployment rate in urban India was 8.89 per...
More »RCEP: A rural disaster -Vijoo Krishnan
-The Hindu Business Line It will deepen the ASEAN FTA impact Fast-paced moves are on to conclude the talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and seal an agreement. There have been noises of protest from the Congress party which was the chief architect of the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and numerous other FTAs in the pipeline. Protests even from within the Sangh Parivar have not deterred the Modi government...
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