Landless Agricultural Labourers

Chhattisgarh landless labourers to get Rs 10,000 a year, announces CM Sai

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Monday launched a scheme to provide Rs 10,000 a year financial assistance to landless farm labourers, and said the measure will augment their net income and secure their own future. More than 5.62 lakh beneficiaries will be covered under the scheme titled, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Bhoomihin Krishi Majdoor Kalyan Yojana, which besides landless farm labourers, also covers a host of financially vulnerable social groups, the government said. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the scheme at New Circuit House in Raipur, Sai said with this, another guarantee (poll promise) given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of the BJP-ruled state ahead of the 2023 elections has been fulfilled. Under the scheme, financial assistance of Rs 10,000 annually will be given to landless farm labourers (in a single instalment), declared the CM. "In Chhattisgarh, a large population depends on agriculture for livelihood. There are also people who ..

Retail inflation for farm workers eases to 5.96%, rural labourers to 6.08%

Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers eased to 5.96 per cent and 6.08 per cent, respectively, in August against the comparative figures of 6.17 per cent and 6.20 per cent recorded in July this year. The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) registered an increase of 7 points each in August 2024, reaching levels of 1297 and 1309, respectively. The CPI-AL and CPI-RL were 1290 points and 1302 points, respectively, in July. "The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPIRL for this month (August 2024) were recorded at 5.96 per cent and 6.08 per cent, compared to 7.37 per cent and 7.12 per cent in August, 2023. The corresponding figures for July, 2024 were 6.17 per cent for CPI-AL and 6.20 per cent for CPI-RL," a labour ministry statement said.

Tripura families spend nights in forest to draw attention on being landless

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha had also spoken on the issue and said that the state government would look into the matter on humanitarian grounds

'MGNREGS wage hike based on Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour'

Amid criticism over low rate of hike in MGNREGS wages, sources on Friday said the increase was calculated on the basis of Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour, which rose by around 7.7 per cent since last year. The Rural Development Ministry had notified new wage rates under the MGNREGS on Wednesday, with hikes ranging between four and 10 per cent for different states, and an overall national average of around seven per cent. Sources from the ministry said the central government has indexed the wage rate under the MGNREGS with the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL) to compensate the workers against inflation. Relevant data on CPI-AL was taken from the Labour Bureau, Shimla and the revisions were done on the basis of changes in CPI-AL and as per section 6(1) Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Act 2005. The wages were revised on the basis of a formula where the proposed wage rate is equal to last year's wage rate, multiplied by the quotient of CPI-AL for December 2023 ..

BJP announces Rs 10,000 annually for landless agri workers in Chhattisgarh

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Land to landless scheme to empower, meet need of families: Lt Guv Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday hit out at political parties criticising the land to landless scheme, saying those misleading the people should give up this habit. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti had alleged that there are attempts to settle outsiders to change the Union Territory's demography under the garb of the scheme, while NC leader Omar abdullah had said only those who have been living in J-K before 2019 -- when the Centre abrogated article 370 of the Constitution -- should be included in the scheme. "Is there even one eligible beneficiary in Baramulla district under the PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana) from outside? Those who mislead the people should give up this habit," Sinha said at a function here, around 54 kilometres away from Srinagar. The land to landless scheme and a pucca house under the PMAY will unleash the full potential of thousands of families and will meet their basic needs, the Lt Governor said while talking about the scheme launched last ...

Assam has more than 580,000 landless families: Minister Jogen Mohan

Assam has more than 5.80 lakh landless families, and the present government has allotted pattas to over 1.35 lakh families, the state assembly was informed on Friday. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan said that the government was in the process of clearing encroached land and also making allocations to landless families according to various laws and regulations. Replying to questions by Independent legislator Akhil Gogoi, Mohan said there are 5,80,709 landless families in the state and they are allotted land in a phased manner as per the state's Land Policy of 2019. He said eviction drives to clear encroached land are carried out according to the Assam Land and Revenue Regulations, 1886. The minister dismissed an allegation that people belonging to a particular religion are taken into consideration while conducting these operations. Altogether 1,36,140 families have been provided with land pattas since April 1, 2021, under the current regime in the state, he ...

Vidyanidhi scheme extended for kids of agricultural labourers: CM Bommai

The State Cabinet meeting has taken a decision to extend the Vidyanidhi scheme to the children of agricultural labourers, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai

CPI numbers for agricultural, rural labourers up by 5 points in Dec 2021

The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for agricultural and rural labourers for the month of December 2021 increased by 5 points each to stand at 1097 and 1106 points respectively.

Punjab waives off of Rs 590 cr of loans of labourers, landless farmers

The Punjab government on Wednesday announced waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community.

Odisha CM disburses Rs 386 cr as Covid assistance for landless farmers

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday disbursed a Covid-19 package of Rs 386 crore for landless farmers under KALIA "Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation" Scheme

Number of landless farm workers in India rose to 144.3 mn in 2011

The count as per Census 2001 stood at 106.7 million