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Daily wage workers battle for survival in COVID-19 days

India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option. IMAGE: A rickshaw......

Sonia pitches for relief package amid COVID outbreak

Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged people on Saturday not to panic in view of the coronavirus outbreak and said the country will not bow down to this painful crisis. She suggested a host of......

'We are neither terrorists nor anti-nationals'

'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'Geetanjali Krishna listens in.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The other day, I went to Jantar Mantar to......

'This government is particularly ruthless'

'Today we see the worrisome phenomenon where honest officers who run afoul of the government being chased, hunted down and dirt being dug up on them.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas......

Sonia and Manmohan: How did they work together?

'While they were respectful of the PM, it was clear that as ministers, they owed their positions as much, if not more, to Mrs Gandhi.''When attacks were mounted on the PM, there was very little......

'This is a Ghajini government'

'The prime minister bought spectacles from Germany to see the eclipse, but he cannot see that an eclipse has fallen on the country.' Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The Indian Youth Congress......

Budget 2020 has failed to live up to expectation

The immediate need is to put more money in the hands of agriculture-based and rural households to improve their purchasing power, says S Mahendra Dev. The Indian economy has been slowing down in......

Budget: MGNREGA funds cut by 13%

Allocations in the Union Budget for various flagship schemes under the Department of Rural Development was marginally reduced to Rs 1.20 lakh crore for the year 2020-21 from Rs 1.22 lakh crore in......

Budget: TUs want FM to hike I-T ceiling, minimum wages, pension

They said that massive public investment in infrastructure, social sectors and agriculture would generate employment and the Union Budget should give it a priority and allocate necessary funds for......

Unspent PM-KISAN fund may be diverted to MGNREGA

Sources said the rural development ministry has sought an additional Rs 20,000 crore for MGNREGA for 2019-20 over and above the budgeted Rs 60,000 crore for 2019-20. Though, all of the PM-KISAN......

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Uttar Pradesh govt transfers lump sum pension into accounts of over 86 lakh beneficiaries

Adityanath said his government has transferred Rs 1,000 to the account of each of the 27.15 lakh construction workers. The process of providing... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/up-govt-transfers-lump-sum-pension-into-accounts-of-over-86-lakh-beneficiaries/articleshow/74967443.cms

MGNREGA to help most vulnerable households

The Centre is banking on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme to ensure steady income to most vulnerable... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mgnrega-to-help-most-vulnerable-households/articleshow/74959248.cms

Congress for advance payment to MGNREGA workers

Wants rate-cut on small savings schemes rolled back, waiver of interest on loans ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/cong-for-advance-payment-to-mgnrega-workers/article31228656.ece

Why most MGNREGA households won’t earn additional ₹2,000 promised by FM

The likelihood of all job card holders demanding work under the scheme is low ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/why-most-mgnrega-households-wont-earn-additional-2000-promised-by-fm/article31227740.ece

Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, seeks advance wages for MGNREGA workers hit by Covid-19...

Sonai Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take immediate action and extend support to nearly eight crore rural workers in the country hit... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sonia-gandhi-writes-to-pm-modi-seeks-advance-wages-for-mgnrega-workers-hit-by-covid-19-lockdown/story-w4KtB6TiCP0cCbvDFMERlJ.html

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