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MGNREGS DEMAND REDUCTION
Demand for MGNREGS work down 28% in MayDemand for MGNREGS work saw a significant drop in May compared to last year. This comes as a new program is slated to replace the current s...- Govt to bring G RAM G Bill to replace MGNREGA; new law to guarantee 125 days of wage employmentA new bill, VB-G RAM G, is set to replace MGNREGA, guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment annually to rural households. The legislation i...
- Opposition slams Budget as bundle of empty promises, ruling party MPs say it has vision for developed IndiaOpposition MPs in Rajya Sabha criticised the Union Budget for failing to address issues such as unemployment and farmer distress, while BJP...
- How can Budget 2025 make the consumer retail sector get back on its growth trajectoryBudget expectations in consumer retail sector include higher income tax exemptions, GST reductions on essential items and incentives for ru...
- Farmer groups say impact of protests will be seen in Haryana pollsFarmer groups in Haryana have opposed the BJP and are organizing mahapanchayats to highlight pending demands such as MSP and Swaminathan Co...
- Budget 2024: Analysing the impact of previous budgetary allocations on overall consumer businessThe budget allocation for the current year is expected to closely align with previous trends, highlighting stability in the government's po...
- Cut in FY24 outlay to hamper NREGS work: Parliamentary committeeThe government earmarked ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for FY24, as it had asse...
- Parliamentary panel slams government over MGNREGA fund cutsMGNREGA witnessed a slash in its budget this year, with Rs 60,000 crore allocated for FY 2023-24. In the previous financial year, the gover...
- Union budget 2023-24 contractionary, anti-people: CPI(M)The revised estimates for 2022-23 show that these transfers were identical to what was transferred in 2021-22, despite an 8.4-per cent infl...
- No fall in housing rates in many cities during 1st, 2nd COVID wave despite lower demand: SurveyThe survey has analysed the National Housing Bank's data on change in housing transactions in Q1FY21 (first COVID-19 wave) and Q1FY22 (seco...
- Budget FY23: Need to support incomes for consumption pushThe National Statistical Office's latest estimates on India's gross domestic product (GDP) for this fiscal show that household consumption ...
- ET Explains: Six ways in which the Budget can turn the economy aroundWhat can Sitharaman do to present a Big-Bang Budget? Here is a six-point solution.
- September data showing “credible signs” of eco growth: FinMin“Earnest efforts made by the government in last few months during coronavirus period have now started showing the green shoots and the mont...
- SGX Nifty up 55 points; here's what changed for market while you were sleepingNifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 55.30 points, or 0.54 per cent higher at 10,234.30 in signs that Dalal Street was headed for...
- COAI says disappointed that relief for telecom did not figure in economic packageThe Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) on Sunday said the industry has been left "disappointed" that its long-standing demand ...
- Give cash in hand to push demand: FMCG IncIndustry bats for stimulus measures such as reduction in income tax, job creation and direct incentives for rural consumers. Research firm ...
- Revenue concerns for the government make immediate tax cuts toughMore sops will mean raising tax on super-rich or cutting welfare spend, both of which are not feasible.
- Budget 2016 pro-agriculture, pro-rural sectorThe Finance Minister has highlighted agriculture and rural sectors as two of the nine pillars of this year’s Union Budget.
- Tamil Nadu implements MGNREGS and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan using women self-help groupsBureaucrats hit upon an innovative idea — using women’s self-help groups to take ownership of the scheme and encourage them to implement th...
- 5 crore people moved out of poverty: GovernmentThe new estimates are based on a poverty line that averages Rs 672.8 per month (Rs 22.43 per day) in rural areas and Rs 859.6 per month (Rs...
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