National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
Six sins that make drought invincible
It’s drought time again. Nothing new in this announcement. Each year, first we have crippling droughts between December and June, and then devastating floods in the next few months. It’s a cycle of despair, which is more or less predictable. But this is not an inevitable cycle of nature we must live with. These droughts and floods are man-made, caused by deliberate neglect and designed failure of the way we manage water and land. What we must note with concern is that these “natural” disasters are growing in intensity and ferocity.
NREGA’s technological sabbatical
NREGA and Biometrics: conflicts and conclusions
By: Jyotika Sood
Over 25 million job card holders registered under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) could be affected by the rural development ministry’s decision to introduce biometrics (a form of identity access management and access control) to the scheme. The ministry even claims that this project will overcome the drawbacks of MGNREGA like fake job cards and ghost beneficiaries.
Regional Media Briefing Workshop on Environment, Development and Livelihoods
Jharkhand, December 27-29, 2006
Bank at your doorstep
Technology is helping public sector banks find customers in rural India. This is part of the Centre's efforts to include villages in the organised financial system; to ensure they are not cheated of their wages. Pilots show promise
Regional Media Briefing Workshop on ‘National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA): Opportunities and Challenges'
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, November 16-17, 2006
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