-The Business Standard In 2009-10, number of days a household got employment in a year in rural areas of Rajasthan was about 38, which steadily dropped to 23 in 2012-13 Rajasthan and Karnataka, which used to be stand-out performers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)'s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), of late, are showing signs of faltering in terms of execution, raising a question mark on...
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Women's SHGs Need to be Linked to Banks: Ramesh
-Outlook Mumbai: To empower women under the National rural Livelihood Mission, there is a need to link women's self help groups (WSHGs) to banks, Union Minister for rural Development Jairam Ramesh said. Ramesh, who was in Mumbai to attend an event 'Maharashtra State rural Livelihood Forum' organised by the state government, said the objective of the mission shall not be limited to forming SHGs under the mission but it is necessary to...
More »From a barren land to fertile patch -Naina JA
-Deccan Herald Mangalore: Ajai Naik and Lokamma, belonging to Schedule Tribe and Malekudiya community, were earning their livelihood by working as daily wage labourers and had never dreamt of owning an arecanut or banana garden or growing vegetables in their land. The Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employement Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) changed the course of their life. Ajai Naik and Lokamma hail from Amtoor village in Golthamajalu gram panchayat of Bantwal taluk. The duo were the first...
More »Centre issues directive for 150 days work under MGNREGA for STs in forest areas
-ANI The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Ministry of rural Development has issued a directive to provide 150 days of wage employment under Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for Scheduled Tribe households living in forest areas. The move will benefit about eight lakh people in the states like Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The additional 50 days of...
More »Why Ramesh gets 5 on 10-ASRP Mukesh
-The Telegraph Ranchi: The state will slash the proposed number of security camps at Saranda, indicating a welcome wane in Maoist presence and influence in Asia's largest sal reserve, but the health of the showpiece action plan for 55 forest villages is open to question two years after its launch. Around the start of the Rs 249-crore Saranda Action Plan in December 2011, soon renamed to Saranda Development Plan, 24 security camps...
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