Non-payment of MGNREGA wages on time to workers and non-revision of daily wage rates, among other things, have kept the poor away from the programme in many states. When the notified daily wage rates under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (2005) Act (MGNREGA) for 2019-20 was announced on 26th March 2019, it became clear that the existing wage rates were not revised (viz. as compared to 2018-19) in...
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WPI Inflation spikes to 3.18% in March on costlier food, fuel
-PTI The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based Inflation was at 2.93% in February. It was 2.74% in March 2018. Wholesale price-based Inflation rose for the second consecutive month to 3.18% in March on costlier food and fuel, government data released on Monday showed. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based Inflation was at 2.93% in February. It was 2.74% in March 2018. Inflation in food articles hardened with steep rise in prices of vegetables during...
More »Promises to the farmers -Ashok Gulati & Ritika Juneja
-The Indian Express Whichever party comes to power at the Centre, India is making a policy shift to direct income support. The festival of democracy started with the first phase of polling on April 11. Ideally, it should be celebrated like Holi, forgetting past enmity and embracing each other with love. But, unfortunately, it is being fought like the battle of Kurukshetra in the epic, Mahabharata. All the weapons of politics...
More »Food Inflation falls to lowest level since 1991 -Surojit Gupta
-The Times of India Average food prices in 2018-19 were almost the same as they were in 2017-18—a phenomenon not seen for at least 27 years. An analysis by credit rating agency Crisil shows food Inflation measured by the consumer price index rose only 0.1% in 2018-19. The last time annual food Inflation had fallen below 1% was in 1999-2000. Economists attribute low food prices to a string of factors including bumper...
More »Farmers in western TN demand social security -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu Unable to sustain their primary occupation, many are said to have begun migrating to cities to work as daily-wage labourers COIMBATORE: KM Ramagoundar, president of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam and a farmer based out of Karugur, about 25 km from Krishnagiri, is a frustrated man these days. “Even the so-called big farmers, who own five or six acres, have started going to Bengaluru, where they are working as daily-wage labourers. This...
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