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Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: Lakhs Attend MGNREGA Work for Minimum Wage of Rs 161 Per Day
01 Jun 2020
On an average, the workers’ attendance has increased by over nine lakh compared to same time last year.
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: In Lakhimpur Kheri, Operation Chaturbhuj Proving a Boon for Migrants
29 May 2020
The district has created the highest number of person days at 8,68,000 under MGNRAGA,with approximately Rs 17.5 crore being generated for labourers in just three weeks time, the chief development…
Arabinda Acharya, Nilachala Acharya
COVID-19: Can Reverse Migration Help Revive Rural Economy of Odisha?
07 May 2020
The present livelihood crisis could have been averted if the government would have strengthened the rural livelihood base of Ganjam by establishing a number of small and medium industries.
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JSA, AIPSN Ask for Graded Easing of Lockdown, Recommend Measures for Welfare of All
04 May 2020
The statement also stresses on the need for rigorous contact tracing, wide-ranging and purposive testing and preparedness of health systems.
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Implement MGNREGA to Deal with Unemployment Crisis, Eminent Citizens Urge Rural Development Ministry
01 May 2020
The letter puts forward a few recommendations for implementing the rural employment scheme in the next three months, including additional budget allocation of at least Rs 1 lakh crore.
Harmanender Singh
COVID-19 in Rural India-XXV: Mameran’s Milk Supply Chain Shaken Amid Myriad Problems
25 Apr 2020
The lockdown has put daily wage earners into a financially precarious situation; farmers are anxious about their harvest being delayed while individual milk producers and middlemen involved in the…
Manish
COVID-19 in Rural India-XXIV: Harvesting Underway But Farmers Worried Over Procurement in Bihar
25 Apr 2020
Many of the farmers do not have storage capacity and production is not much; hence, they sell wheat to local traders, however, they have not approached the farmers this time.
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April 21 Protest: Mass Organisations Demand Proactive Measures, End to Starvation and Oppression
21 Apr 2020
The Modi government has given out “around 15.62 lakh crores to the corporates”, but is not ready to “even give Rs.7500 per non income tax paying family”.
Subodh Varma
Country-wide Protest Day: For Wages, Food, Jobs and Safety
21 Apr 2020
The call by CITU, and supported by farmers and other organisations, is a first ever protest against the damaging impact of Modi government’s COVID-19 strategy.
Anisha George
COVID-19 in Rural India-XII: Unable to Harvest, Latur Farmers Forced to Let Standing Crop Rot
14 Apr 2020
The distress sale of crops as soon as markets reopen may not necessarily fetch farmers competitive prices even as consumers will have to pay higher prices for food products.