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SC order puts Aadhaar linkage campaign in jeopardy

The usage of Aadhaar by government and private agencies will come to a standstill and many projects will be affected by the refusal of the supreme court on Wednesday to modify its August 11 order.

Food security act still missing in Congress-ruled states, says Modi

Prime minister Narendra Modi took a jibe at Congress’s pet project, National Food Security Act (NFSA), by saying that four states, out of 11 which “hurriedly” agreed to the Act, h

Social security should be a rights-based approach: ILO India

In 2014, the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation (ILO) set foot in Odisha to guide the state in ensuring and extending basic guarantees of income and health to the poor and

No compliance yet of SC order on drought-affected states, say activists

Even after a month of the supreme court order on implementing National Food Security Act (NFSA), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act  (MGNREGA) and crop loss compensation in

A calamity bigger than drought

For the past two months Ghaneshwar Yadav, a native of Bihar, has been working as a daily wage labourer in New Delhi’s Okhla area. With a few clothes tucked into a tattered plastic bag, Yadav

MGNREGA payments worth Rs 9,124 cr pending

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) payments worth Rs 9,124 crores are yet to be paid across the country for work done in the last financial year. According to th

Act against officials if MGNREGA job cards were fake: Activists

Action must be taken against government officials if over one crore Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) job cards have been cancelled for being fake, said activ

No clue why we are planting saplings, say residents of MP village

 Till late evening of July 2, hash tags like #Worldsno1greendriveinMP and #MPplants6croretrees were popular on Twitter’s trend list. There were plenty of tweets appreciating Madhya Prade

No central government scheme to run endlessly

Centrally sponsored schemes will now onwards run for a fixed period of time, thanks to a sunset date. An outcome review will also be carried out.   In public policy, a su

MGNREGS had significant impact on agricultural productivity: Expert

Results indicate that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) had a significant impact on agricultural productivity, in part by supporting diversification, said World

Visionary Talk: Amitabh Gupta, Pune Police Commissioner with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now


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