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For sustained MGNREGA revival, Ministry needs to nudge states where most of the poor live

The important part of this news item that it has emphasized the fact that, one of the factors for revival is ‘timely release of funds..
Written by Ashwini Kulkarni | Nashik | Updated: January 26, 2016 2:48 pm

How a corruption scam brought MNREGA to a standstill in Nanded

Nanded district in Maharashtra demonstrated exemplary performance in MNREGA until 2012-13, when the exposure of a corruption scam brought the programme to a virtual standstill. In this note, researchers from the NGO Pragati Abhiyan show how ..
Posted On: 28 Jan 2016

Wave of consumption sweeps the hinterland

NSSO data shows that in 2011-12, for the first time, more than 50% of enhanced rural spends were on non-food items ..
Posted On: Tue, Oct 29 2013. 01 05 AM IST

Central team to tour Marathwada to study drought impact

This is the third visit by a central team since December 2014 though no central aid has come by so far ..
Posted On: Fri, Nov 20 2015. 01 33 AM IST

Photos: MNREGA hasn’t just generated jobs – it has created forests, ponds, wells and changed lives

Thanks to the law, workers have built roads where there were none, replaced scrublands with forests, levelled lands and made them cultivable. ..
Posted On: Krushna Ranaware · Jul 08, 2015 · 03:30 pm