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
Roundup herbicide, which is meant to kill farm weeds, “poses the risk of serious human health hazards including cancer”, says a new study by the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR). The study,
The Ministry of Rural Development has emphasised upon the need to improve the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the state, both in terms of outcome
2,700 saplings planted across ten acres of barren land in Mayilampatti Around 15 kilometres from the city is Mayilampatti, a dry village with huge tracts of barren land, is now laying the foundation for a movement to increase the green cover in all the 235 village panchayats of Coimbatore district.
Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee Draft Election Manifesto 2013. The Election Manifesto states "The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee, in its Manifesto for Mizoram Assembly Elections in 2008, made a
Churu, a town in the Thar desert populated by 1.2 lakh people, has come a long way in the last three years. Over 40 per cent of households in the town — rated as India’s dirtiest town by the Planning Commission
Even as the Centre released another instalment of Rs.431.5 crore for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act in Uttar Pradesh, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was not a permanent solution for providing jobs in rural parts of
<p>Sanitation continues to remain India's biggest failure with a large proportion of the nation's rural population still defecating in the open says this India Rural Development Report 2012-13</p>
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday described the new Land Acquisition Bill as a “historic piece of legislation” and affirmed that it would help reduce the influence of Naxalites in
There has been a significant decline of 14.54% in providing employment to the households during 2011-12 as compared to the previous year 2010-11 finds this CAG performance audit report on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Uttar Pradesh for the period 2007-12.
