Budget for rural employment guarantee scheme, MGNREGS, brutally slashed
Budget for rural employment guarantee scheme, MGNREGS, brutally slashed

By Pratibha Singh

Despite MGNREGS being a demand-driven scheme, the allocation of funds has not been able to keep up with the increased demand for work. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21 and 2021-22, revised estimates for the scheme were 81 per cent and 31 per cent higher than budget estimates for the corresponding years. However, for the financial year 2023-24, the allocation for MGNREGS has decreased 33% from the previous year's revised estimates.

Despite MGNREGS being a demand-driven scheme, the allocation of funds has not been able to keep up with the increased demand for work. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21 and 2021-22, revised estimates for the scheme were 81 per cent and 31 per cent higher than budget estimates for the corresponding years. However, for the financial year 2023-24, the allocation for MGNREGS has decreased 33% from the previous year's revised estimates.

Forest Rights Act: Odisha leads the way with a separate FRA budget, and updation of land records
Forest Rights Act: Odisha leads the way with a separate FRA budget, and updation of land records

By Aishwarya Tripathi

Odisha is the first state in the country to allocate an exclusive budget for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Additionally, Nayagarh is the first district across India to include the community forest rights in the state’s revenue records.

Odisha is the first state in the country to allocate an exclusive budget for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act of 2006. Additionally, Nayagarh is the first district across India to include the community forest rights in the state’s revenue records.

मोटे अनाजों में छिपा है पोषण का खजाना, जिन्हें अब 'श्री अन्न' के नाम से जानते हैं
मोटे अनाजों में छिपा है पोषण का खजाना, जिन्हें अब 'श्री अन्न' के नाम से जानते हैं

By Gaon Connection

भारत में कई तरह के मोटे अनाजों का उत्पादन होता है, इन्हें अब "श्री अन्न" के नाम से जाना जाता है, साथ ही भारत को ग्लोबल हब फॉर मिलेट बनाया जा रहा है, चलिए जानते हैं इन मोटे अनाजों की क्या खूबियां होती है।

भारत में कई तरह के मोटे अनाजों का उत्पादन होता है, इन्हें अब "श्री अन्न" के नाम से जाना जाता है, साथ ही भारत को ग्लोबल हब फॉर मिलेट बनाया जा रहा है, चलिए जानते हैं इन मोटे अनाजों की क्या खूबियां होती है।

मोटे अनाजों में छिपा है पोषण का खजाना, जिन्हें अब 'श्री अन्न' के नाम से जानते हैं
मोटे अनाजों में छिपा है पोषण का खजाना, जिन्हें अब 'श्री अन्न' के नाम से जानते हैं

By Dr. Satyendra Pal Singh

भारत में कई तरह के मोटे अनाजों का उत्पादन होता है, इन्हें अब "श्री अन्न" के नाम से जाना जाता है, साथ ही भारत को ग्लोबल हब फॉर मिलेट बनाया जा रहा है, चलिए जानते हैं इन मोटे अनाजों की क्या खूबियां होती है।

भारत में कई तरह के मोटे अनाजों का उत्पादन होता है, इन्हें अब "श्री अन्न" के नाम से जाना जाता है, साथ ही भारत को ग्लोबल हब फॉर मिलेट बनाया जा रहा है, चलिए जानते हैं इन मोटे अनाजों की क्या खूबियां होती है।

MGNREGS failed to provide 100 days of yearly employment for 5 years; Rs 6,366 crores worth of wages pending
MGNREGS failed to provide 100 days of yearly employment for 5 years; Rs 6,366 crores worth of wages pending

By गाँव कनेक्शन

In the recent response shared in the Lower House by the Union Ministry of Rural Development, MGNREGS, a wage-employment guarantee scheme for rural India has failed to provide the minimum guaranteed 100 days of wage-work to rural residents.

In the recent response shared in the Lower House by the Union Ministry of Rural Development, MGNREGS, a wage-employment guarantee scheme for rural India has failed to provide the minimum guaranteed 100 days of wage-work to rural residents.

यूपी बजट 2024: इस बजट में किसानों के लिए क्या है ख़ास
यूपी बजट 2024: इस बजट में किसानों के लिए क्या है ख़ास

By गाँव कनेक्शन

उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने वित्त वर्ष 2024-25 के लिए राज्य के बजट का आकार बढ़ाकर 7,36,437 करोड़ रुपये कर दिया है। इसमें 24,863.57 करोड़ रुपये की नई योजनाएँ शामिल हैं।

उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने वित्त वर्ष 2024-25 के लिए राज्य के बजट का आकार बढ़ाकर 7,36,437 करोड़ रुपये कर दिया है। इसमें 24,863.57 करोड़ रुपये की नई योजनाएँ शामिल हैं।

What is the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023 that guarantees work and wages to the state’s adult population?
What is the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023 that guarantees work and wages to the state’s adult population?

By गाँव कनेक्शन

This Bill states that all the families of the state, urban and rural, will get guaranteed employment of 125 days every year. The old aged, disabled, single women and widows will receive a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month. The state is slated to go to assembly polls later this year.

This Bill states that all the families of the state, urban and rural, will get guaranteed employment of 125 days every year. The old aged, disabled, single women and widows will receive a minimum pension of Rs 1,000 per month. The state is slated to go to assembly polls later this year.

There shall be no new India without Bharat and agriculture
There shall be no new India without Bharat and agriculture

By Ramandeep Singh Mann

The narrative being peddled by the urban economic pundits and the Ivy League babus is that the best way forward is to take the agriculture labour out of the villages, and into the cities. But, the million-dollar question is that from where will you bring so many jobs?

The narrative being peddled by the urban economic pundits and the Ivy League babus is that the best way forward is to take the agriculture labour out of the villages, and into the cities. But, the million-dollar question is that from where will you bring so many jobs?

Jharkhand’s ‘Abua Bir Dishom’ Campaign to Provide Land Under Forest Rights Act
Jharkhand’s ‘Abua Bir Dishom’ Campaign to Provide Land Under Forest Rights Act

By गाँव कनेक्शन

As part of the Abua Bir Dishom campaign, Jharkhand has set a target to provide community forest rights titles to 10,000 villages, individual forest rights to around 1,00,000 families and also dispose of 20,679 pending claims.

As part of the Abua Bir Dishom campaign, Jharkhand has set a target to provide community forest rights titles to 10,000 villages, individual forest rights to around 1,00,000 families and also dispose of 20,679 pending claims.

Explained: Decoding the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 which recently got passed by Lok Sabha
Explained: Decoding the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 which recently got passed by Lok Sabha

By गाँव कनेक्शन

The Bill seeks to modify the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 which restricts the diversion of forested lands for non-forest purposes including clearing of any forest land or its portion for mining, agriculture or infrastructural projects. It is passed it Lok Sabha but is yet to be debated and passed in the Upper House and achieve President's assent before it becomes an Act or the law.

The Bill seeks to modify the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 which restricts the diversion of forested lands for non-forest purposes including clearing of any forest land or its portion for mining, agriculture or infrastructural projects. It is passed it Lok Sabha but is yet to be debated and passed in the Upper House and achieve President's assent before it becomes an Act or the law.

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