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MGNREGA
Finance and Economy
Thinking Beyond MGNREGA
MGNREGS should be envisioned as a platform to grant labourers the agency to determine where, how and on what projects they wish to engage,...
Accountability
Have MGNREGA Workers Become Bonded Labourers?
Millions of workers remain unpaid for their work for several months. Despite over Rs. 21,000 crores of pending wages, the allocation under MGNREGA is...
Education
A Budget that Looks Too Far Into the Future
Social development expenditure and the needs of the people – both prior to COVID-19 but more so during and after the second wave, have...
Civil society
The precarity of urban households: demand of livelihood safety nets
In comparison to rural India which consists of safety nets such as MGNREGA and larger PDS coverage, urban India lacks the crucial livelihood safety...
Civil society
People are hungry, says hunger watch survey
Many households had to go to sleep without eating. 41 per cent of general caste households surveyed reported that they had to sleep without...
Agriculture
Budget 2022: Disappointment for social sector
The total union budget expenditure as a proportion of the GDP has declined to 15.3 per cent in 2021-22 from 16.2 per cent in...
Governance
Preliminary questions Budget 2022 raises
A zero allocation for the national programme on mid-day meals in schools is disturbing and the budget for the LPG connections for poor households...
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GEF Initiative to Curb Toxic Impacts of Agriculture in Seven Countries, Including India
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Thailand’s ‘Humanitarian Corridor’ for Myanmar Faces Pushback
Human rights activists and humanitarian workers on the Thai-Myanmar border remain highly sceptical of the initiative, denouncing it as...
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The Power of Youth: In Vanuatu, Young Red Cross Volunteers Keep the Water Flowing
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GEF Initiative to Curb Toxic Impacts of Agriculture in Seven Countries, Including India
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