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MGNREGS funds fast drying up as demand surges amid Covid-19 pandemic

Almost 63 per cent of the increased allocation of around Rs 1.01 trillion has been spent in the first five months of 2020-21

COVID-19: Bring MNREGA-like scheme in urban areas to help unemployed, Gehlot tells Puri

Livelihoods of a large section of people in urban areas have been affected due to the pandemic, the Rajasthan CM said in a letter to Hardeep Singh Puri

Punjab approves reforms to avail additional borrowing of 1.5% of GSDP

The additional borrowing would help state tide over the estimated 30 per cent revenue shortfall in 2020-21 fiscal

Understanding the migrants

Availability of credible data is critical to integrating these workers in development programmes

Additional Rs 40,000 cr allocated for MGNREGS to help migrants, says FM

Also, public expenditure on health will be increased, she said without giving details. Investments in grassroot health institutions to be ramped up

Stimulus 2.0: Rs 40,000-crore boost to MGNREGS was a work in progress

The sum was debated and it became clear it would have to be similar in scale to the support given under the Pradhan Mantri (PM) Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)

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

UP targets 5 million MGNREGS jobs as returning migrants numbers swell

Nearly 1.5 million such labourers are likely to enter the state; CM Adityanath hasks officials to treat them with dignity

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

Upside of a crisis

Time may be ripe for structural changes that prioritise the poor

Highlights: FM announces economic package to deal with Covid-19 impact

Government is planning to provide a relief package of Rs 1.7 trillion to the underprivileged, poor and migrant workers

Rs 5 trillion needed for Har Ghar Jal, says water resources ministry

Equal contribution of Rs 1.8 trillion may come from states and Centre; remaining through convergence of govt schemes

MGNREGS can be used to gauge rural distress at grassroots level: Eco Survey

While employment-related National Sample Surveys (NSS) are carried out once in five-six years, district-level GDP is released irregularly

Govt expecting allocation of Rs 10,000 cr for MGNREGS with drought looming

The uneven progress of the monsoon so far is likely to increase the demand for work under MGNREGS

Chief ministers' panel likely to approve farm fencing for villages

The panel was constituted by the Centre to propose on the integration of the rural jobs scheme with the agricultural sector

Govt sets up CM's group to coordinate policy for farm sector, MGNREGS

CMs of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Sikkim along with NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand are members of the subgroup with MP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan as convenor

Despite record allocation, 57% MGNREGS wage dues remained unpaid in April

For the financial year 2018-19, the central government's fund allocation for MGNREGS increased 14.5% over the previous year to Rs 55,000 crore, the highest ever

Amid agri crisis, pain for rural India as Modi govt chokes MGNREGS funding

Delays in wage payment have been a constant throughout MGNREGS implementation

Additional funds may go to housing, MNREGA to generate jobs, spur growth

All measures unlikely to be implemented at one go

Rural development ministry seeks Rs 17,000 crore more for MGNREGS

Additional funds required as work given under the scheme crosses half of approved budget in 5 months