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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 or MGNREGA, earlier known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, [3] is an Indian social welfare measure that aims to guarantee the ' right to work '. This act was passed on 23 August 2005 [1] and was implemented in February 2006 under the UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following tabling of the bill ...
The National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (NREGS) is an employment scheme in India for providing 100 days guaranteed wage employment for all employment seekers above 18 years of age and willing to do work. The scheme came into force on 1995 in 199 districts in India and extended to another 130 districts later.
Jean Drèze (born 22 January 1959) is a Belgian -born Indian [1] welfare economist, social scientist and activist. [2] [3] He has worked on several developmental issues facing India like social welfare, poverty and gender inequality. His co-authors include Nobel laureate in economics Amartya Sen, with whom he has written on famine, Nicholas ...
In 2005, India launched a national-anti poverty program, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). It is a flagship program of the Indian government to provide employment opportunities to rural households in the country.
Andhra Pradesh ( English: / ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ /, [11] Telugu: [aːndʱrɐ prɐdeːʃ] ⓘ abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state with an area of 162,970 km 2 (62,920 sq mi) [5] and the tenth-most populous state with 49,577,103 inhabitants. [4] It shares borders with Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and the Bay ...
Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to make its services available to citizens electronically via improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity. [1] [2] The initiative includes plans to connect rural areas with high-speed internet networks. It consists of three core components: the development of secure and stable digital infrastructure ...
Enacted by. Parliament of India. Commenced. 15 March 1948. Status: In force. The Minimum Wages Act 1948 is an act of parliament concerning Indian labour law that sets the minimum wages that must be paid to skilled and unskilled labours. The Indian Constitution has defined a ' living wage ' that is the level of income for a worker which will ...
Job guarantee. A job guarantee is an economic policy proposal that aims to create full employment and price stability by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an employer of last resort (ELR). [1] It aims to provide a sustainable solution to inflation and unemployment . The economic policy stance currently dominant around the ...