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Read more about Demand for MGNREGA work slumps 26% in May amid Covid-19 pandemic on Business Standard. Several civil society workers said the push seen last year in expanding the scheme has largely been missing this year.
There is an urgent need to strengthen the public distribution system and the MGNREGS
The Union Budget for 2021-22 gave little assurance to migrant workers and the unemployed. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reiterated some old schemes like the One Nation One Ration Card to enable the beneficiaries get rations in places where they have migrated for work. She proposed to launch a portal that will collect information on gig, building and construction workers. This will help formulate health, housing, skill, insurance, credit and food schemes for migrant workers. However, Sitharaman was silent on the demand from academia and civil society groups for an employment as...
Headline: Byline: Debmalya Nandy The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act tracker released by the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee as well as a research report presented by LibTech India reveal why the rural job programme has not been able to cater to the needs of the poorest during this steep rural job crisis. Earlier, a survey by the Azim Premji University had shown that 6 out of 10 rural workers had lost their jobs during the lockdown. The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy also stated that about 1.1 crore daily wage workers were unemployed. Corroborating thes...