-The Times of India New Delhi: MGNREGA, the rural job guarantee scheme that completes 10 years on Tuesday, is set to touch off a fresh battle of political messaging, with the Modi government deciding to consecrate the scheme as a government priority and Rahul Gandhi travelling to a remote Andhra hamlet to celebrate it as a Congress programme. The competition between BJP and Congress for ownership of the programme marks a rare...
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Misguided emphasis on labour reforms -SP Singh & Amit K Giri
-The Hindu Business Line Going by the experience worldwide, it is unlikely to generate jobs in the formal sector Changes in land and labour laws are the two most important components of the second generation of economic reforms. Since early 1990, a slew of economic reforms have been initiated in almost all sectors. However, the governments in power from 1990 through 2014 did not introduce radical changes in the prevailing land and...
More »Let’s register sex of foetus, says Maneka -G Sampath
-The Hindu Striking a startlingly contrarian note on the social evil of prenatal sex determination and resultant female foeticide, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, speaking at a media event in Jaipur, suggested the determination of the sex of the foetus from the moment pregnancy is detected. “It is really not feasible to go around trying to catch every ultrasound technician for revealing the foetal gender to parents in...
More »'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' to cover 61 more districts
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Modi government's flagship programme 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao', initially launched in 100 districts, will now be extended to 61 more districts owing to its success, Union minster Maneka Gandhi said on Monday. Addressing the All India Regional Editors Conference in Jaipur, the minister for women and child development said the programme has delivered encouraging results, therefore 61 additional districts will be covered under the initiative....
More »State digs into rural job scheme to clean villages -Sivakumar B
-The Times of India CHENNAI: In a rare initiative, the Tamil Nadu government has taken up waste management and conservancy in villages using the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to employ conservancy workers. The scheme is being implemented in 9,000 of 12,000 panchayats and more than 60,000 `Thuimai Kavalars` (sanitation workers) have been appointed so far. All workers are paid Rs.183 as daily wages. The Union rural development department...
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