Lack of demand and irregular work have affected the otherwise successful MGNREGA scheme, The Hindu finds out. Is it due to the delayed payments and funding cuts by the central government?
>Is the MGNREGA being set up for failure?The MGNREGA debate is woefully — and for a democracy, scandalously — deficient in the voices of the very people who are its targeted beneficiaries. > Read More... |
>Fall in allocations...Despite a drought in scorching Adilabad, the number of labourers seeking work under MGNREGA has plummeted. > Read More... |
>Fuelling urban migrationThere are over 300 workers in this village who have worked under MGNREGA; most of them today are jobless. > Read More... |
>‘Irregularities and delay in payment’Most of the villagers in Sukma and Chindgad block of the district reported "irregularities and delay" in the wage payment or that no work has been allotted in the last one year. > Read More... |
>'Decline began in late UPA rule'The good times of the scheme were between 2010-2011 when the UPA government was gracious with its budgets and cautious enough to put in checks and balances to secure the policy for future. > Read More... |