-The Indian Express The Indian Express spoke to a cross-section of migrant workers back from different parts of the country. These are day labourers and skilled workers such as carpenter, embroiderer, welder, among others. One thread connects them — demand for something beyond MGNREGA. Ranchi: Rakesh Verma and Suresh Yadav had left their homes in Jharkhand for jobs in metro cities and were in no hurry to return. Verma, 22, had a...
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3.5 million new enrolments under MGNREGA, as ‘distressed’ workers return to villages -Chetan Chauhan
-Hindustan Times According to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme website, around 3.5 million new job applications have come in the current financial year since April 1 till May 20. As many as 3.5 million new workers have sought jobs under MGNREGA since April 1, the highest number of applications in a decade, but there may not be enough work to engage them all, according to government data and officials...
More »Additional allocation for MGNREGA must be supplemented with steps to make it more effective -Rakshita Swamy
-The Indian Express With nearly eight crore migrant workers returning to their villages, and with an additional allocation for the year, this could be a moment for the true revival of MGNREGA. A revival led by workers themselves. The lockdown has resulted in a massive loss of livelihoods, and the 400-million strong unorganised workforce is the worst hit. A significant part of this workforce has migrated to cities from rural areas. With...
More »Expand rural job scheme: Activists -Achintya Ganguly
-The Telegraph 'The base of the MGNREGA beneficiaries needs to be broadened by including more deserving people as its beneficiaries' Ranchi: The rural job guarantee law can be a saviour for scores of workers who have lost their jobs during the ongoing lockdown and are returning to their villages, a group of social workers have underlined. Jharkhand NREGA Watch, a group of social workers who describe it as a forum of concerned citizens,...
More »COVID-19 Lockdown: In April, MGNREGA Work Crashed to Lowest in 7 Years -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in In the month of April 2020, 34 lakh households were provided work compared to 1.7 crore in April of 2019, a decline of 86%. New Delhi: Only 20% of the number of people who were provided work in April 2019 were employed in April 2020 under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), according to official government data. In the month of April 2020, 34 lakh households were provided work...
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