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CAG’s report doubts official NREGS figures

Official scrutiny reveals that while there has been a definite improvement in record maintenance since the conduct of an initial audit last year, maintenance of basic records at the gram panchayat level, in particular employment registers, remains poor More...

Alarming levels of hunger in India

Despite years of robust economic growth, India scores lower than nearly 25 sub-Saharan countries in the Global Hunger Index More...

NGOs allege 125 malnutrition deaths in MP

Malnutrition is widespread in Madhya Pradesh and the reasons for it are well known. Most children belong to abysmally poor tribal families whose daily earnings -- when they are able to find work as labourers -- rarely cross Rs 50-70 More...

Five out of 10 Indians live on less than Rs 55 a day

The new World Bank estimates are sobering not just for India but for the developing world as a whole. They show that poverty has been more widespread across the developing world over the past 25 years than previously estimated. But there has also been strong progress towards reducing overall poverty More...

CAG slams Maharashtra's employment guarantee scheme

The Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on Maharashtra’s employment guarantee scheme says work is badly planned, financial management is poor and there is virtually no monitoring of the scheme More...

Madhya Pradesh tops in NREGS implementation

The central Indian state has spent Rs 25 billion of the Rs 31 billion allotted to it by the Indian government for the rural job guarantee programme. It has bested all other Indian states on provision of jobs sought, creation of man-days of employment and completion of works More...

21% of families in urban Maharashtra are poor: survey

The number of families subsisting below the poverty line in cities across the state has risen from 12% a decade ago to between 18%-21%, despite claims of poverty alleviation and an 8% growth rate More...

India's rural job guarantee scheme extended to all districts

The government claims universalisation of the NREGS ahead of schedule is vindication of the positive impact the scheme has had on the country’s rural poor More...

India receives Rs 2,585 crore EU aid

The increase in development assistance from the European Union will go towards funding education and healthcare More...

 

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