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Larger lesson in welfare dispute

PREMIUM
The funding-implementation asymmetry in centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) — the Union government provide the funds and state governments implement them — is always a delicate equilibrium which can be destabilised easily (ANI)
editorials
Updated on Mar 31, 2025 07:45 PM IST

Shivraj Singh Chouhan slams Congress for ‘spreading lies’ on MNREGA

Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session (Sansad TV/FILE PHOTO)
india news
Published on Mar 19, 2025 09:56 PM IST

Belagavi officer attacked for refusing to provide papers in Marathi: Police

Police said that the attackers are currently absconding. (Representational image)
india news
Published on Mar 12, 2025 08:08 AM IST

Terms of Trade: Are freebies also serving a macroeconomic cause?

PREMIUM
Women express happiness over the deposit of ₹3,000 in their accounts under the Maharashtra Government's Ladki Bahin Yojana on August 16, 2024. (Hindustan Times)
india news
Published on Feb 14, 2025 01:25 PM IST

62% of welfare scheme funds not utilised by UTs, states in ’24: Govt

For the first time, the Union budget for 2025-26 contained a new statement that shows fund balance under single nodal agency (SNA) accounts with state and Union territories with respect to select centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) of ₹500 crore and above. (ANI PHOTO)
india news
Published on Feb 12, 2025 08:06 AM IST

Govt panel recommends overhaul of MGNREGS, adjusting wages every 5 years

Women labourers work at a site under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on the outskirts of Ajmer. (PTI FILE PHOTO)
india news
Updated on Dec 20, 2024 08:32 PM IST

MGNREGS demand declines elsewhere, rises in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh

Collector, Nayagarh visiting various developmental works including farm ponds, amrit sarovar under MGNREGS (X/AdmnNayagarh)
india news
Updated on Dec 10, 2024 10:33 PM IST

MGNREGS funds to West Bengal halted over irregularities

Other states have also been alerted to irregularities by the Centre. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jul 30, 2024 03:00 AM IST

Reeling under drought, Karnataka asks Centre to release pending employment guarantee scheme wages

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bengaluru news
Published on Oct 17, 2023 01:46 PM IST

TMC MGNREGA protest in Delhi today; ‘denied’ train, supporters reaching on buses

Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee speaks to the media prior to leaving for Delhi to take part in the protest. (ANI Photo)
india news
Published on Oct 02, 2023 06:47 AM IST

Festive bonanza: Kerala to give ₹1,000 as Onam allowance to MGNREGS, AUEGS workers

An Onam celebration from 2019. (HT File Photo)
others
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 03:08 PM IST

MGNREGA wagers paid more in Haryana than Punjab: MP Sanjeev Arora

Arora took up the matter in Parliament after chief minister Bhagwant Mann had already written a letter to Cente on the issue.
chandigarh news
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 11:38 PM IST

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee threatens dharna in Delhi over MGNREGA funds for Bengal

Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee (File Photo)
kolkata news
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 09:01 PM IST

Centre revises MGNREGA wage rates; Haryana offers highest

The wage hikes, which range from ₹7 to ₹26, will come into effect from April 1. (HT File Photo)
business
Published on Mar 26, 2023 03:15 PM IST

Where the Indian economic story went wrong

By various estimates, close to 90% of the workforce in India is employed in the unorganised sector and this has been severely impacted
analysis
Updated on Dec 23, 2020 04:21 PM IST

Creating an inclusive welfare architecture

The MGNREGS and PDS proved to be lifelines as central and state governments were able to mobilise the administrative machinery and expand the welfare net, at relative speed
columns
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 08:26 PM IST

Odisha engineer worked as MGNREGS worker after losing job, rescued

Anant Beria and his father Baisakhu Beria were busy digging a canal under the rural jobs guarantee scheme in Odisha.
india news
Updated on Oct 23, 2020 03:15 PM IST

Unused rural funds hint migrants may be back at work in cities

Migrant workers, who had left during the Covid-19 lockdown to their home state of Uttar Pradesh, returning to Ahmedabad.
india news
Updated on Sep 28, 2020 03:38 AM IST

How to reduce food, job insecurity in rural areas

Civil defence personnel offer food to migrant workers heading home, Anand Vihar Bus Terminus, Delhi, March 28, 2020
analysis
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 06:39 PM IST

Design a safety net for poor urban women

The devastation wreaked by Covid-19 has hurt people across India in numerous ways. While there has been much talk of safety net schemes and programmes for the rural poor, the same cannot be said for the urban poor.
columns
Published on Sep 05, 2020 08:00 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi suggests MGNREGA, NYAY to help poor, then shoots a question

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses an election campaign rally in Mahendergarh district of Haryana in this file photo. (PTI Photo)
india news
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 09:58 AM IST

Covid-19: A dip in women in the workforce is likely | Opinion

Women will then be left to tend the family, and in many cases, the family’s agricultural fields. Here, a concerted effort should be made to give them better tools to deal with agriculture in the form of easy to access loans and technology.
columns
Updated on Aug 08, 2020 06:18 PM IST

New draft rules for transpersons act issued, 30 days for giving suggestions

Members and allies of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community take part in Delhi's 12th Queer Pride March from Barakhamba Road to Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on November 24, 2019.
india news
Updated on Jul 15, 2020 02:06 AM IST

Make jobs the centre of political discourse

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis of employment
editorials
Published on Jul 02, 2020 08:05 PM IST

The NDA’s false parenthood claim, writes Abhishek Manu Singhvi

The UPA government conceptualised MGNREGS, Aadhaar, and DBT
analysis
Updated on Jun 14, 2020 10:39 PM IST

A post-Covid-19 social protection architecture for India

Migrants returning from Rajasthan, Patna, Bihar, May 9, 2020
analysis
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 12:39 PM IST

The importance of the MGNREGS

The Centre has done well to hike the allocation of MGNREGS by Rs 40,000 crore, taking the total allocation under the scheme to Rs 1,01,500 crore
editorials
Updated on Jun 03, 2020 06:38 PM IST

Why the stimulus will boost the Indian economy, writes Hardeep Puri

Even though the PM clearly specified that the approach is to be self-reliant by actively participating and leading the global value chains without being self-centred or inward-looking, the Opposition resorted to scaremongering about MNCs being shown the door when the exact opposite is being attempted by the government.
analysis
Updated on May 17, 2020 08:15 PM IST

Indian states are short of money. They need help | Opinion

Stranded migrant workers queue to collect health certificates, Pune, May 6, 2020
analysis
Updated on May 17, 2020 06:48 PM IST

The budget does not address the crisis of demand | Opinion

The decline in consumption demand, especially in rural India, is a matter of pressing concern. But the budget may have made the problem worse with cuts in allocation. Instead, it should have streamlined public finance management systems and re-prioritised expenditure
analysis
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 10:24 PM IST
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