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UNDP Warns Debt Crisis Deepens Gender Inequality, Putting Millions of Women’s Jobs and Lives at Risk

Rising sovereign debt burdens are disproportionately harming women across developing countries, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). They are threatening jobs of women, reducing their incomes and worsening health outcomes, the report showed. Rising debt repayments could lead to the loss of 55 million women’s jobs in the short…

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MGNREGA to End on July 1, 2026 as Centre Brings in Viksit Bharat VB-GRAM G Rural Jobs Law

In a gazetted notification by the central government, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, MGNREGA, will cease from July 1, 2026. In its notification issued on May 11, it said, “together with all rules, notifications, schemes, orders and guidelines made thereunder, shall stand repealed.” It stated that the repeal is being done…

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