This study uses household survey data from 58 countries around the world to compare the labour market outcomes of rural and urban workers, taking into account the specific socio-demographic characteristics
SALEM: Over 79,000 persons from 64,397 families have been provided work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Salem district in the current fiscal, Collector J. Chandrakumar has said.
Back in power after cashing in on its social sector programmes, the UPA government is all set to re-draw its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) by converging it with "similar
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Talking Cash * Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar: Self-employment through a mix of subsidy and bank credit. * NREGS: Wages deposited in bank/post office according to employment days. Indira Awas: Rs 35,000 given in cash instalments to build a house. * Janani Swasth: Cash to mother on discharge from hospital post-delivery.
* The Planning Commission estimates the urban poor at some 80 million * Figure for the rural poor is 120 million * Over 98 million people migrate from rural to urban centres * The 42nd Indian Labour Conference recommended a scheme for tackling urban unemployment
June 14: Farmers are finding it difficult to hire agricultural workers as they are attracted towards the money offered in National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). This has affected farming during the kharif season across the district. The situation has become so bad that some of the farmers are hiring labourers from Maharashtra to work in their fields.
Like all successes, the UPA
LUCKNOW: In a bid to bring transparency in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), department of rural development has introduced biometric smart cards on a pilot basis here on Wednesday. The scope of the pilot project are ten villages spread in two development blocks of district Unnao. If successful, it will be replicated in all districts of the state.
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:21 IST
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 0:37 IST Chartered accountants may soon see their world expanding with the government considering a proposal deploying them in the countryside to audit the finances of sarpanches, block development officers and other officials handling the United Progressive Alliance
