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Topic: MNREGA

Urban MGNREGS on the doorstep, but wages can make stealing business from China harder

Nobody can claim that Modi govt’s intentions are misguided. India must create jobs in cities as these hubs of modernisation are more productive than villages.

Lockdown sees record spike in NREGA jobs, but 1.7 crore applicants fail to get one

According to a new NREGA tracker launched by activists, 7.62 crore households have received jobs under the scheme between April and June, the highest since 2017-18.

In UP’s Bareilly, district officials bank on MGNREGA to ensure jobs for returning migrants

Around 47,000 workers are currently employed under MNREGA, which also includes migrant labourers who have returned to their native villages.

Punjab CM seeks help from Centre to clear pending wage liabilities of MGNREGA workers

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that with Rs. 84 crores pending wages for upto 1.30 lakh workers, families would find it hard to sustain during the 21-day lockdown.

Modi govt’s Gareeb Kalyan: Does India have the ability to deliver amid Covid-19 lockdown?

Finance Minister has announced a three-month relief package worth Rs 1.7 lakh crore for India’s urban & rural poor to help them during the coronavirus lockdown.

Yogi govt announces Rs 1,000 financial aid to daily labourers & free ration to 1.65 cr workers

In view of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.P. government announced aid and free ration to those registered under the Antyodaya Yojana and MNREGA scheme.

Modi govt not happy with MNREGS work in states. This is how it plans to set things right

With states spending more on wages and less on material costs than the prescribed 60:40 ratio, the Modi government is concerned about asset creation quality.

Modi govt’s 1,000-day rural target — 2 crore houses, roads to all villages, toilets in homes

Rural development ministry plans to achieve targets by June 2022, which will “enable celebrations” on 15 August that year, marking 75 years of independence.

Ashoka University removes economist Mihir Shah as visiting faculty, students up in arms

Mihir Shah taught a popular course on Political Economy of India’s Development. Ashoka University students & alumni have started a reinstatement petition.

India will face a fiscal crisis if BJP or Congress fulfil their election promises

BJP & Congress don’t say how they’ll get the money to fulfil these promises. If the govt doesn’t borrow more, it’ll have to raise taxes or cut spending.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.