The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been a flagship programme ever since it was launched in 2005. It guaranteed 100 days of employment as a legal right and held the Indian state accountable if it failed do so. As with different programmes, this programme was riddled with challenges. Generating over 4,585…
in their statement write: “This clause not only puts a massive burden on states, but also disproportionately impacts poorer and high migrant-sending states which are more in need of rural employment. The increased financial burden will lead to states resorting to fiscal conservatives and not registering workers’ demand for work.” In contrast, a Parliamentary Standing…
The VB-GRAMG Bill, introduced in Parliament on December 16, undeniably expands the formal scope of rural employment. Section 5 enhances the statutory entitlement by guaranteeing “not less than one hundred and twenty-five days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work”, an increase…