People’s Action for Employment Guarantee

Budget 2021: MGNREGA allocation insufficient

Budget inadequate to meet the work demand, says PAEG

Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 10:52 AM

The pandemic and the inadequate measures to contain it have created a multidimensional crisis – economic, nutritional and in the field of education -- in addition to the original, and still ongoing health crisis.

Migrant workers are left ailing both in cities and in villages, with no recourse or security. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

NREGA tracker looks at the schemes’ performance

NREGA should move towards becoming an open-ended entitlement that allows every individual to work for at least 200 days, as per PAEG.

Posted on 26 Jul, 2020 08:46 PM

As per the findings of an NREGA tracker launched by the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) the lockdown saw a record spike in jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)

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