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Subodh Varma
Budget 2020: With Eyes Wide Shut, Modi Govt Gropes for Solutions
28 Jan 2020
Tax collections have plummeted and Modi Govt is scrambling to cut spending by Ministries, further deepening the crisis.
PTI
AJKPC on Week-Long Hunger Strike in Jammu Over MGNERGA Liabilities
03 Dec 2019
The protesters said successive governments of erstwhile J&K state and now UT administration have been violating MGNREGA guidelines with regard to payment of wages with "impunity".
Newsclick Report
This Fiscal, Assam has Only 2,850 MGNREGA Beneficiaries in 6 Districts
10 Oct 2019
Of these six districts, the highest number (almost 50%) of 1,004 households were in Lakhimpur district, followed by only 654 household beneficiaries in in Nalbari, says a report.
Ronak Chhabra
Apathy of Local Level Authorities Add to MGNREGA Fiasco
12 Aug 2019
On August 9, rural labourers in Haryana under the banner of MGNREGA Mazdoor Union protested to demand the authorities at the local level to address the prevailing shortcomings in the implementation…
Newsclick Report
Rural Development Minister Made a Mockery of MGNREGA, Says Activist Group
19 Jul 2019
The Minister’s statement on the floor of the House reveals the anti-poor bias of this government which seems to be more interested in “eliminating” the poor, said the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha.
Prudhviraj Rupawat
Budget 2019-20: Govt Schemes for the Poor Neglected Again
09 Jul 2019
An analysis of budget figures reflect that the government continued its indifference towards schemes such as MGNREGS, ICDS, Mid-Day-Meal, National Social Assistance Programme, and welfare schemes for…
Mukul Saral
Budget 2019-20: Where Is Right to Food and MGNREGA?
06 Jul 2019
NewsClick spoke with Deepa Sinha, assistant professor, Ambedkar University, who is also associated with the Right to Food campaign, regarding the allocations made in Budget to MGNREGA, among other…
Rashme Sehgal
Nirmala Sitharaman’s First Budget Lets Women Down
06 Jul 2019
The main limitation of this budget is that it has failed to increase public expenditure in order to rejuvenate the agrarian section, which is the key to providing livelihood to millions of women.
Newsclick Team
Union Budget: Who Gains, Who Loses?
05 Jul 2019
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta takes part in a discussion with economists Dr. Surajit Mazumdar and Dr. Rohit about the key takeaways from the Union Budget 2019-20.
Sumedha Pal
Modi Govt. Failed to Meet Drought Projects in Previous Year, Reorients MGNREGA for Water Conservation
05 Jul 2019
Only 16% of the total projects in FY 2018-19 were drought related as per the MIS data on the MGNREGA website.