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Virulent times for the faceless millions, now on the road to uncertainty

Would we in the upper class place ourselves in the hands of the government in times such as these? And if not, why do we expect that the poor would? The Indian state is weak and lacks capacity

Uttar Pradesh govt plans to bring out a booklet to highlight achievements

One even went to the extent of suggesting the title "Uttar Pradesh bana hatya pradesh (Uttar Pradesh becomes a land of murders)".

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's second Budget is falling short of expectation

The government should have increased allocations to the MGNREGA, PM-KISAN and rural infrastructure to raise incomes in rural areas

Economists prefer capex route to boost demand amid economic slowdown

Though MGNREGA and PM-Kisan have clear rural focus, they think excess public spending should only be on capex

MGNREGS wages to go up? Scheme likely to get Rs 10,000-cr push

To boost rural income, the government could raise the total MGNREGA Budget for 2020-21 to Rs 70,000 crore. In 2019-20 (FY20), it was Rs 60,000 crore

States likely to step up borrowing in 4th quarter for social expenditures

Almost all states have raised much more debt than at the same time last year, except Maharashtra.

Govt may divert unspent funds allocated for PM-KISAN scheme to MGNREGA

This is to push liquidity into rural hands to kick-start consumption cycle

Job crisis signal

Young people opting for MGNREGA work is worrying

Budget: Odisha CM vexed at cut in outlay for MGNREGA, national highways

Says cutback in funds will adversely affect inter-state connectivity, hails enhanced allocation for rail projects

Rural job scheme to pump Rs 15,000 crore into 'Jal Shakti Abhiyan'

The flagship rural development scheme has drawn up a detailed plan of over 200,000 works to be taken up for water conservation in nearly 1,100 water-stressed districts

250 lawmakers, activists write to Modi, say MGNREGA fund crunch 'alarming'

Lawmakers and the activists say MGNREGA fund crunch comes when there is distress across rural India.

States seek more funds for MGNREGA as work demand shoots up due to drought

Many don't buy the Centre's claim that fund flows to the scheme for wage payments have smoothened

CM's panel may favour using MGNREGA for farmland fencing but for a village

The panel is chaired by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

92% of funds for wage payments under MGNREGA raised, says govt

Activists claim that of the allocated Rs 550 bn for FY19, 86% already spent with five months still left

Centre to re-develop 1,878 rural haats in first phase under GrAM scheme

In total, infrastructure in around 22,000 rural haats is to be upgraded and modernised with a corpus of almost Rs 20 bn spread over 2-3 years

Centre may expand social audit to most govt schemes to assess ground impact

In social audit, citizens themselves assess the impact of government schemes and programmes by comparing official records with actual ground situation

Centre plans to use MGNREGA more effectively in post-harvest works

Won't lead to subsiding private farm labour, say officials

Bihar hasn't received Rs 3.44 bn of MGNREGA dues from Centre, says minister

An independent body of 'Social Audit Society' has been set up in the state under the MNREGA

CMs' panel to suggest measures to integrate MGNREGA with farm work

The committee will also suggest how the Act can be used to incentivise aggregation and market infrastructure, rehabilitate agricultural land

A broken guarantee

MGNREGA glitches need to be fixed