-IndiaSpend.com Using a combination of RT-PCR tests with Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) helps detect more cases faster during a surge in cases, in remote areas with little access to RT-PCRs and in Covid-19 hotspots. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Mohali: To quickly detect Covid-19 positive cases and slow the virus' spread in case of a possible surge due to the Omicron variant, India must increase its use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT, which take...
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Why demand for MGNREGS is expected to continue -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Economy is recovering but rural labour market still in distress Even as the economy is on the recovery track — spurring optimism about job creation and better employment prospects — a large part of the labour force, especially in the rural areas, continues to face challenges. Data from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) indicates that stress in the labour market, which escalated after Covid-19 lockdowns,...
More »यूपी चुनाव: बुंदेलखंड से पलायन जारी, सरकारी नौकरियों का वादा अधूरा
-न्यूजक्लिक, शनिवार की दोपहर का वक़्त है और 23 वर्षीय राजीव पटेल उत्तर प्रदेश के चित्रकूट जिले से चंडीगढ़ जाने के लिए रेलवे आरक्षण हासिल करने की कोशिश में व्यस्त हैं. बांदा-चित्रकूट के पाठा क्षेत्र के निवासी पटेल पिछले सात वर्षों से चंडीगढ़ और पंजाब और हरियाणा के अन्य शहरों में रसोइए के रूप में काम कर रहे हैं। उनके पास कोई औपचारिक प्रशिक्षण नहीं है फिर भी रोज़गार की तलाश में...
More »Book Review: Working Lives in the Shadows of the Global City -Aparna Sundar
-TheWire.in Supriya RoyChowdhury's 'City of Shadows' is a compelling study of the lives of the poor in a rapidly globalising Bengaluru. The long caravans of workers leaving the cities for their villages during the national lockdown in 2020 made visible the large proportion of urban workers whose homes are in the villages. Combined with the farmers’ protests, they brought attention to the crisis in agriculture and the failure of agrarian livelihoods that...
More »Mainstreaming climate resilience through MGNREGS: Learning from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai -Nambi Appadurai and Sowmithri VR
-Down to Earth Blog The district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days in September 2021, in line with the recently launched state climate mission In September 2021, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days by leveraging the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The initiative’s aim was to ensure adequate water for agricultural and domestic purposes throughout the...
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