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Neelambaran A
TN This Week: Dalit Women Panchayat President Face Discrimination, COVID-19 Deaths Cross 10K, EPS to Lead AIADMK in Assembly Election
10 Oct 2020
The past week also saw protests by farmers and agricultural workers across the state, demanding insurance money, increase in the number of days' work and wages.
Savera
Unemployment Ravages Indian Economy But Resistance Mounts
22 Jul 2020
Joblessness is death by a million cuts, although it is often treated only as an uncomfortable statistic by neoliberal economists and bureaucrats. The staggering scale of unemployment in India before…
Ravi Nair
Will Centre’s COVID-19 ‘Relief Package’ Really Cost it Rs 1.7 Lakh Crore?
31 Mar 2020
Though some initiatives are good, most of the ‘relief’ is about front-loading existing schemes and pressing the refresh button on decision taken earlier, with hardly much money coming from the Centre…
Vikram Singh
BJP Government’s Efforts to Reduce MGNREGA to Just Another Scheme
01 Aug 2019
The current government’s attitude towards MGNREGA has been iterated time and again by the actions of its ministers.
Newsclick Report
AIKSCC Urges Govt to Take Proactive Measures for Tackling Impending Drought Crisis
22 Jun 2019
The farmers’ body demanded Madhya Pradesh government to take action against police involved in Mandsaur farmers’ killing in 2017.
Sumedha Pal
Over 6,000 Adivasi Workers on Indefinite Strike in MP over Non-payment of MGNREGA Funds
30 Mar 2019
The salaries of the workers have not been paid for the past three months, the amount due by the state is more than Rs 3 crore.
IANS
Rahul Gandhi Promises Rs 72K minimum income to 25 Crore Poor
25 Mar 2019
Congress assures financial assistance under the scheme, Nyay, if voted to power; ‘Bluff announcement’, says BJP.
Tarique Anwar
MGNREGA Workers Not Paid for Months, FIRs to be Lodged Against PM Modi
27 Feb 2019
The additional funds of Rs 6,084 crore released recently will go into clearing the backlog of pending liabilities.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Low Wages Forcing Poor Labourers Out of MGNREGA in Bihar
29 Jan 2019
Labourers from the poorest of poor communities say daily wages are lower than the state-fixed minimum wages and are rarely paid on time.
Amey Tirodkar
MNREGA in Maharashtra: Less Work, More Questions
19 Jan 2019
Even though almost half of the state has been declared under drought, MNREGA, which was launched to fight the affects of drought in the state, is struggling on the ground due to government's apathy.