-Livemint.com/ Bloomberg Corruption being rife though, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has boosted agricultural wages and rural-labour market Over the last 10 years in India, perhaps no other law has sparked such sustained debate as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), universally known as ‘Narega.’ Passed by the previous Congress government in February 2006 and upheld by the Narendra Modi administration, it’s given rise to the...
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Marathwada's drought: Region is parched, impoverished and desperate, but it's a crisis of its own making -RN Bhaskar
-FIRstPost.com Maharashtra is a state full of contradictions. It is a state rife with more inequality than most. And it is a state where each territory tries to exploit, and ends up feeling exploited. The cries for water and the spurt in suicides in parched Marathwada are just some of the sharp manifestations of the rot that threatens to tear the state apart. Maharashtra has almost 20 percent of its population living on just...
More »Marathwada's drought: Dry lands, economic deprivation shrinking opportunities, driving workers away from Latur -Tushar Dhara
-FIRstPost.com Latur: At FIRst glance, Latur looks like any other Indian town with its dusty congested streets and crowded bazaars. But looks can be deceptive. The town is the epicentre of a process of deindustrialisation and economic deprivation that has spread across the whole district. Reason: The worst drought in the last 45 years has led to acute water scarcity. Marathwada, which has received deficient rains for the last three years, is...
More »Marathwada's drought: In the midst of severe economic downturn, private water sellers reap profits in Latur -Tushar Dhara
-FIRstPost.com Latur: A city with a population of five lakh, Latur offers a peek into a possible dystopian future for the rest of India. In the middle of the most severe drought of the past half century, everything here revolves around water. Social gatherings, family outings, VIP visits and administrative meetings are all connected in some way to water scarcity and ways to address it. Unless a solution to the water...
More »Marathwada drought: Water scarcity has created a region where trust has eroded and left the social fabric frayed -Tushar Dhara
-FIRstPost.com Aurangabad/Latur: In recent times, the drought in Marathwada has been reported, discussed and debated, but all from a safe distance. News reports, television debates, social media commentary and even judicial pronouncements have been made regarding the situation. FIRstpost reporters spent a fortnight travelling through the arid region and witnessed the devastating social, political and ecological impact of three years of drought. It’s not just the local economy, agriculture and rural structures...
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