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Topic: MGNREGA

Why MNREGA wages are so low

Ankita Aggarwal -
Currently, the MNREGA wage rates of at least 17 of the 21 major states are even lower than the state minimum wage for agriculture.

CAG highlights failure of PDP-BJP govt in J&K in implementation of MGNREGA in 2016-17

PTI -
In its report, the CAG said delays in submission of labour budgets led to the late release of funds by the Centre and delayed payment of wages.

Modi govt plans to bring MGNREGA to small cities & spend Rs 35,000 crore to create jobs

Vrishti Beniwal -
Urban version of MGNREGA is expected to soften blow on people most affected by pandemic as India's economy heads for its deepest contraction in history.

3 months after being flown home, Jharkhand’s struggling migrants now want to return to cities

Madhuparna Das -
Jharkhand govt has tried to generate jobs under MGNREGA and is launching new schemes, but workers are struggling with low wages and lack of money.

Off The Cuff with Deepak Parekh

Sharwari Shetye -
Deepak Parekh, Chairman of HDFC Ltd, India's largest housing finance company, was the guest at ThePrint's Off the Cuff. In a conversation with Editor-in-Chief...

Jobless in villages amid floods — Assam’s returning migrants brace for fight to stay afloat

Angana Chakrabarti -
Assam govt's database of migrant workers to map their skills has details of only around 18,000 workers, out of the over 1.3 lakh who have returned.

Modi govt looking to set up social security fund to support migrant workers

Moushumi Das Gupta -
The government could also set up a special purpose vehicle to implement the fund, but there's no clarity yet on the size of the fund.

Aadhaar, MGNREGA, DBT, rural housing — how Modi has hijacked Congress legacy

Ruhi Tewari -
Congress had kept the ingredients of a welfare structure ready. The Prime Minister mixed them together and added the Modi ‘tadka’ to sell them as his.

Trump and Jinping’s kung-fu & why Manmohan Singh feels ‘aatma santusht’

Shubhangi Misra -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Extra MGNREGA funds expose Modi’s claim that it was a living monument to poverty: Congress

PTI -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday allocated an additional Rs 40,000 crore to MGNREGA, as part of the Rs 20 lakh crore Covid-19 economic relief package.
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16th BRICS Summit was about building dollar-free world order. India can use it to expand trade

Seshadri Chari -
For New Delhi, a USD-free system is not an immediate priority nor an existential necessity to unconditionally support the China-Russia agenda.

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Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

Smruti Deshpande -
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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