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Diwali Not Bright For Madhya Pradesh Labourers Waiting For NREGA Wages
The festival of lights will not bring any festivity and happiness to many labourers in Madhya Pradesh. Reason: they say they haven't been paid for two-three months
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Aadhaar Made Wages Easier, But Jobs Harder To Get Without It In Jharkhand
For many of Jharkhand's poor, who depend on the Centre's rural jobs scheme or NREGA for 100 days of work every year, an Aadhaar card has been the ticket to hassle free wage payments.
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Budget 2016: Why Farmers, Not Middle Class, Will Be On Jaitley's Radar
Most economists expect Mr Jaitley's third budget to focus on fighting the distress in India's countryside, home to over 150 million households or nearly 50 per cent of India's population.
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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
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NREGA wages to reflect rising costs
The government has firmed up an indexing system of minimum wages for various categories of labour to match the inflation after Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that labourers are paid the minimum wages. The Rural Development Ministry is soon expected to issue a notification detailing the payment of minim...
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Big salary hike for MPs, Re 1 for Tonk labourers
Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) have just had a huge raise in their salaries. But shockingly, people in Tonk district of Rajasthan are being paid just one rupee for a whole day's hard labour. And that too for working under the government's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).Ramphool is angry and desperate these days. To feed his fam...
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NREGA works but only for a few, show govt figures
None of the states have provided the guaranteed 100-day wage employment to registered households in three years.
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Diwali Not Bright For Madhya Pradesh Labourers Waiting For NREGA Wages
The festival of lights will not bring any festivity and happiness to many labourers in Madhya Pradesh. Reason: they say they haven't been paid for two-three months
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Aadhaar Made Wages Easier, But Jobs Harder To Get Without It In Jharkhand
For many of Jharkhand's poor, who depend on the Centre's rural jobs scheme or NREGA for 100 days of work every year, an Aadhaar card has been the ticket to hassle free wage payments.
-
Budget 2016: Why Farmers, Not Middle Class, Will Be On Jaitley's Radar
Most economists expect Mr Jaitley's third budget to focus on fighting the distress in India's countryside, home to over 150 million households or nearly 50 per cent of India's population.
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Why Jharkhand Has Not Paid NREGA Wages in Months
Launched in 2005 by the UPA government, the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act was intended to help the poor by promising 100 days of work a year to rural households at a pre-determined minimum wage rate. In the last decade, there has been mixed opinion on the success of the initiative. But in the last few months, the central government ...
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NREGA wages to reflect rising costs
The government has firmed up an indexing system of minimum wages for various categories of labour to match the inflation after Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that labourers are paid the minimum wages. The Rural Development Ministry is soon expected to issue a notification detailing the payment of minim...
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Big salary hike for MPs, Re 1 for Tonk labourers
Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) have just had a huge raise in their salaries. But shockingly, people in Tonk district of Rajasthan are being paid just one rupee for a whole day's hard labour. And that too for working under the government's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).Ramphool is angry and desperate these days. To feed his fam...
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NREGA works but only for a few, show govt figures
None of the states have provided the guaranteed 100-day wage employment to registered households in three years.
