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Urban safety net

Govt needs new ideas to address distress in cities

Workers seek timely payments, more workdays under rural jobs scheme

The demand for work under MGNREGS was the highest ever in 2020 after migrants returned to villages following the national lockdown

MGNREGA work demand up: 77% of budget used up in five months

Of the budgeted Rs 73,000 crore for the Centre's flagship scheme, around Rs 55,915.31 crore has already been exhausted in the first five months of FY22

New portal launched to facilitate geospatial planning of MGNREGA assets

The government on Monday launched a new geospatial planning portal, 'Yuktdhara', which Union Minister Jitendra Singh said will help in facilitating new MGNREGA assets

Rs 935 cr misappropriated in MGNREGA schemes over last 4 years: Congress

The party also demanded that the government restore the four per cent quota for differently-abled persons in police forces.

MGNREGA work demand remains muted for second straight month in June

Data shows that 35.1 million households have sought work under MGNREGA this June, or 21.48% lower than the number that had sought work in the same month of 2020

The post-Covid economy

There is a strong case for the government to shift its attention from the economy to public service management

Almost 92% casual workers didn't get wages during lockdown: SWAN survey

The survey, which was conducted among 1,396 worker groups, adding up to 8,023 people that included 4,836 women and children, showed that 76 per cent of the workers had less than Rs 200 left with them

RSS body calls for NREGA fund hike, free food grains to vulnerable sections

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an RSS-affiliate, suggested the government to substantially increase funds for its rural employment guarantee scheme and extend financial support to the vulnerable section

Do not politicise GST Council: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The government is conscious of the intensity of the second wave of Covid-19 and is assessing its full impact before coming out with further packages and interventions, says FM Sitharaman

Demand for MGNREGA work slumps 26% in May amid Covid-19 pandemic

Several civil society workers said the push seen last year in expanding the scheme has largely been missing this year.

Prioritising expenditure

Govt must focus on providing relief to the needy at this point

The rural worry

Bharat is suffering on multiple counts

4% more households demand work under MGNREGA in April, shows data

The April work demand was much higher than the same month last year when the figure was 13.4 million

Making MGNREGA work

Shortcomings such as delayed payments must be fixed

Fundamental problems remain despite slew of records by MGNREGA in FY21

MGNREGA scheme: A significant Rs 17,370.58 crore has been carried forward over to the next financial year as unpaid dues as demand for work continued unabated for the scheme in rural areas

MGNREGA sees negligible increase in minimum wages in the time of Covid-19

The 4% rise in average all-India minimum wages is almost the same as CPI inflation rate between 2015-16 and 2019-20, meaning that in real terms, the increase has been insignificant

PM launches 'Catch the Rain' campaign; says MGNREGA funds be spent

Modi on Monday launched 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain' campaign for conserving water

Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi for 'ridiculing' MGNREGA

Rahul Gandhi said Modi was 'forced to accept' the fact that the rural job scheme brought in by the UPA played the role of "saviour" of people of the country during the pandemic

Increased outlay may not cover NREGS dues as work demand grows unabated

This fiscal year also, of the amount allotted, around Rs 13,760 crore was spent on clearing the pending dues of the previous year