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MGNREGA
- India: A game-changer for parched Perambalur
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May 20, 2013
Farm ponds being built in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) programme is expected to prove to be a boon for farmers in this the perennially parched district.
[India] [South Asia] [MGNREGA] - NREGA a boon for water, crops: Study
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May 06, 2013
A novel study released on last Friday shows that environment may have been the unlikely beneficiary of the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) programme. The study indicates that groundwater levels, crop production and organic carbon concentration had increased in several NREGA areas.
[South Asia] [MGNREGA] [India] - Jharkhand Chief Minister promises food security
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Aug 16, 2012
Government has taken initiatives to provide food security and a dignified life to every citizen, Chief Minister of eastern India's Jharkhand state, Arjun Munda, said after unfurling the National flag to mark the Independence Day in Ranchi.
[Food security] [MGNREGA] [Food] [Amartya Sen] [India] [Jharkhand government] [South Asia] - Year 2014: New initiatives dot India’s development map
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Dec 29, 2014
Apart from repurposing the old welfare schemes, the Indian government launches new initiatives
[Human Development] [Financial inclusion] [MGNREGA] [Rural economy] [Self-employment] [women workers] [Green cities] - MNREGA has helped to bring financial inclusion: Indian PM
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Feb 02, 2013
Use of Information Technology in MNREGA at many levels has helped making governance better, said the Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.
[Sonia Gandhi] [Indian Prime Minister] [MGNREGA] [South Asia] [Manmohan Singh] - Economists petition Indian PM against MGNREGA dilution
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Oct 14, 2014
Restricting the rural job scheme to limited districts will undermine its stated purpose, said a group of development economists.
[South Asia] [Economists] [MGNREGA] [India] - MGNREGA: Additional employment for Indian forest tribals
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Jan 14, 2014
The Indian government has decided to provide an additional wage employment of 50 days to forest tribals under the MGNREGA scheme.
[India] [MGNREGA] [Sustainable Development] [South Asia] - Women should participate more in MGNREGA: Activists
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Dec 06, 2012
Activists urge Indian policy makers to include more women under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
[India] [South Asia] [Gender] [MGNREGA] - Learning to demand MGNREGA work: Bhil tribals show the way
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Jul 21, 2013
From an eclipsed existence, fraught with misfortune, penury and ill health, the people of Nad have got a new lease of life - and MGNREGA has proved to be the empowering factor,write Naseeb Khan and Sonal Kellogg.
[India] [MGNREGA] [Madhya Pradesh] [South Asia] [Indian tribals] [Empowerment] - Agricultural growth is critical for prosperity: Indian Prime Minister
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May 23, 2013
The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said that agricultural growth is critical for prosperity in rural areas where most of the poor live. Excerpts from the Prime Minister’s speech delivered on the occasion of the releasing of the ‘Report to the People'.
[Indian Prime Minister] [Agriculture] [Manmohan Singh] [MGNREGA] [Indian Farmers] - A well of one's own: Job guarantee as life guarantee
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Dec 15, 2012
Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the government's flagship rural employment programme, has turned out to be an instrument of both economic and social transformation in Gumla district of Jharkand, India.
[South Asia] [India] [MGNREGA] - Beyond jobs MGNREGA unleashes assets for excluded communities
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Mar 15, 2013
The world’s largest work entitlement scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) mandates 100 days of work to a rural household in a year. In operation since 2006, the scheme is also bringing about another big change by creating productive assets that build village infrastructure and empower rural communities to have a fighting change against chronic poverty.
[India] [Rural communities] [South Asia] [MGNREGA] [Governance]
