-The Hindu A women’s voluntary group working is helping counter malnutrition among children in 30 villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka. They are creating awareness among mothers about malnutrition and nutritious food BELAGAVI: Members of Jagruti Mahila Okkoota, who were on a door-to-door survey on the food habits in some villages of Belagavi district in Karnataka, found that women were giving biscuit and tea to their children for breakfast while they ate...

-The Hindu Wages amounting to ₹2,800 crore are pending with the Centre Dipali Mahato was among the hundreds of workers who gathered in front of the District Magistrate’s office in Purulia on Friday, demanding wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). “I have not received wages amounting to ₹8,000. The last time I worked under a 100 days employment scheme was in January this year,” Dipali said. A mother...

-The Hindu The new National Mobile Monitoring Software application has problems that are clearly eroding the right to work In May 2021, the Ministry of rural Development (MoRD) launched the National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) app, a new application meant for “improving citizen oversight and increasing transparency” in National rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) works. It is to be deployed by NREGA Mates, local women at the panchayat level who are selected...

-ruralVoice.in Urea prices, which had gone up to as high as nearly $1,000 per tonne, have come down to $550 per tonne. Besides, the price of ammonia, the raw material for urea, has also decreased from $1,100 per tonne to $850 per tonne. India had to buy urea at up to $980 per tonne due to the high prices. It seems the government may get some relief on the subsidy front that...

-The Hindu Peoples Action For Employment Guarantee says rule that mandates recording attendance on a mobile app is a violation of the NREGA law The Union rural Development Ministry must withdraw its order to discontinue manual attendance for Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme work sites with more than 20 workers to replace it using a mobile phone-based application — National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) for recording attendance, the Peoples...