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Jobs for migrants

The new scheme should help create durable assets in rural India

India's Covid-19 pandemic fiscal cost lowest among major nations: Report

Business Standard's own calculations suggest that the Centre's fiscal impact amounts to around Rs 2.28 trillion, or around 1.2 per cent of GDP.

Tried and tested

Legacy schemes are working in the time of Covid crisis

Person-days of work under MGNREGA amid Covid-19 crisis: A reality check

There are questions as to whether the support provided so far is adequate and if the government further needs to augment its budgetary allocation

UP cabinet clears proposal on Workers' Employment Commission for migrants

Nearly 3.5 million migrant workers have returned to UP post-lockdown

Demand v reality: A sorry state of affairs under MGNREGA in a Covid-19 year

Instead of the promised 100 days of work, average work provided stood just shy of one-fifth of it in this financial year till June 9

Unlock 1.0: UP targets to create 10 mn jobs for migrants, says Chief Secy

Adityanath issued directives to speed up big-ticket projects, including expressways, roads, canals, medical colleges, universities etc to employ migrants and other workers

The indignity of labour laws

Suspending the entire labour law as some states have tried is not sustainable

Five ways to overhaul the rural jobs scheme

Five immediate steps are required to strengthen MGNREGS after the budget enhancement.

Reviving the farm economy

The return of migrant workers to their villages offers an opportunity to give agribusiness a leg-up

Covid-19 impact: Odisha to bring 3 ordinances to boost agriculture economy

It has been planned to engage 100,000 people daily in the plantation programme in the coming one month.

Our goal is to make farmer prosperous, boost income: Agriculture Minister

As far as contract farming is concerned we already have a model Act framed by the NITI Aayog which has been circulated to the states, Tomar said

SP leader, son shot dead in Sambhal after dispute with villagers; 2 held

Chhotelal Diwakar (50) and his son Sunil Kumar (28) were shot dead due to a dispute over the construction of a road under the rural employment generation scheme MGNREGS in the village

Unemployment rate remains at 24%, but hard times ahead for labour

The small relaxations in the lockdown since April 20 have not had any positive impact on the unemployment rate, yet

FM allocates Rs 40,000 crore more for MGNREGA to support migrants

Excluding the pending dues, spending on the scheme is estimated to be Rs 90,000 crore

Fifth tranche of economic package: 7 measures announced by FM today

The fifth and last set of measures focuses on MGNREGA, health and education (rural and urban), businesses, decriminalisation of Companies Act, etc

Govt pumps Rs 30,000 crore into Nabard, offers Rs 2-trn loan to farmers

Brings 25 million farmers under concessional loan scheme; experts say these measures do nothing to address basic problem of low farm prices and falling demand

Gujarat, Maharashtra see largest number of migrant labourers leaving for UP

Awasthi reiterated that Chief Minister Adityanath had issued directives to treat these migrants with full dignity and has sought strict action in cases of misbehaviour

Yogi Adityanath-led UP govt transfers Rs 225.39 cr to MGNREGS beneficiaries

The chief minister interacts with district administration officials of Saharanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Kannauj and Hardoi districts through video conference

Three UPA-era initiatives prove crucial in Modi govt's war on Covid

While they provide a social security for India's poor and destitute, all three have undergone significant changes for better or worse, under the NDA regime