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
The World Development Report, a flagship report of the World Bank, is a document written by economists who treat politics as an inconvenient reality, though it is a thoroughly political document. The 2009 edition of the WDR, Reshaping Economic Geography, is critically discussed here, first, from a geographical disciplinary perspective.
FINETUNING WELFARE SCHEME
TURA: In a bid to revamp the working of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and other developmental programmes, the Government is relaunching the scheme on a campaign mode.
The government has engaged professional institutions like IIMs, IITs and agricultural universities to assess the implementation of NREGA across the country
Governor expedites payments in Jharkhand villagers in six districts of Uttar Pradesh staged a protest in the first week of June. Their protest was against non-payment of wages for works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (nregs). Under the Act, workers should be paid within two weeks of a work
SHILLONG, July 13: In a bid to revamp the working of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and other developmental programmes, the Government is relaunching the scheme on a campaign mode.
Governor Syed Sibtey Razi today directed deputy commissioners of the drought-hit districts of Palamau, Chatra, Garhwa and Latehar to initiate action for cultivation of altern- ate crops. He said farmers ought to be given seeds and other necessary amenities. Besides, their crop insurance premium amounts should also be borne by the state.
MUKESH RANJAN A new avatar of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is on the anvil NREGS-II is aimed at ensuring durable asset creation and taking the programme from its present form of wage employment to self-employment
Kolkata, July 12 In the name of implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, what is actually happening is virtual looting of public money, according to Mr Yashwant Sinha, BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister.
The government's flagship job security scheme - the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) -is set to undergo major changes by opening its doors to skilled labour and laying emphasis on creation of 'permanent' or 'viewable' assets.
