Livelihoods

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NREGA: A REPORT ON THE STATES

New Challenges for NREGA in Telangana

Union Government policies, budget cuts, and technological changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee programme have made things harder for workers in Telangana, where earlier…
▶20-Dec-2023
Chakradhar Buddha, Anuradha De, Diwakar Mantri
Book
NREGA: A Report on the States

Working of NREGA in Tamil Nadu

Despite the Ministry of Rural Development not always being helpful, Tamil Nadu has managed the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme better than many other states. But much remains to be done if…
▶01-Dec-2023
Karuna M.
Book
NREGA: A Report on the States

Forcing Jharkhand’s Workers out of NREGA

In a poor state where NREGA can be a form of security for casual workers, reduced funding and the centre’s insistence on the use of inappropriate technologies, and an insensitive state bureaucracy…
▶09-Nov-2023
Siraj Dutta

Costs of Centralisation in MGNREGA

The union government’s desire to ensure uniformity of the Management Information System across the country in overseeing MGNREGA has resulted in workers losing income, employment, and access to…
▶12-Jun-2023
Chakradhar Buddha, Venkata Krishna Kagga

The Time Is Right for an Urban Employment Guarantee Programme

Urban workers have been the most badly hit by Covid-19. An employment guarantee would provide income support & also improve urban public services. Criticisms that it is unaffordable & that it…
▶24-Nov-2020
Amit Basole, Rajendran Narayanan, Anand Shrivastava, Rakshita Swamy

The Sabars of Singhbhum

A photo-essay on the Sabars, an identified Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, who survive—live is hardly the word—in the most extreme conditions in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
▶20-Oct-2020
Arpita Sarkar
Essay

Justice and Rights In Viral Contexts In India

There are dimensions of justice, human rights and constitutionalism that need to guide governments when there is a public health emergency as with Covid-19. The focus has to be on the right to health…
▶28-Apr-2020
Kalpana Kannabiran