-Hindustan Times The data is extracted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and merged with Trivedi Centre for Political Data’s (TCPD) own candidates’ data set. In this piece, we look at variation in reported wealth between the 2019 candidates of the two national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, breaking it down by declared occupation. To do that, we cross the occupation and net assets data contained in the affidavits...
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MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi - Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending Liabilities. Contrary to the claims of highest ever allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the social security scheme that aims to guarantee the right to work is facing severe fund crisis – with state governments left with no funds to pay workers. From October 2018 to February 1, no...
More »MGNREGA workers in Jharkhand demand increase in wages and number of days of guaranteed work
-Press release by NREGA Watch (Jharkhand) dated 2nd February, 2019 Thousands of NREGA workers across Jharkhand spilled to the streets today to express their anger at the continued denial of their entitlements. In over 30 blocks of the state, workers raised their voice against the abysmal wage rate, acute shortage of work, increasing delays in payment of wages, and violation of several other rights. They also demanded work and submitted grievances...
More »IAF charges Kerala Rs. 291 crore for airlifting, ration goods during floods
-The New Indian Express The state urgently requires Rs 706.74 crore to clear the Liabilities including Rs 290.74 crore charged by the Centre. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian Air Force has asked the state government to pay Rs 290.74 crore as aircraft charge for holding rescue operations during mid-August flood and for supplying ration materials. Making the statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) has a sum...
More »MGNREGA faces fund crunch, wage payment delays, & low wage rates, allege civil society activists
-Press Release by NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, dated 28 October, 2018 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is meant to be demand-driven in the sense that work should be made available to anybody on demand for a maximum of 100 days per year per household. This implies that there cannot be arbitrary cap on the budgets. However, the programme has been made supply-driven and stifled due to -- (a) Insufficient...
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