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  2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

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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 ...

  3. National Rural Livelihood Mission - Wikipedia

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    June 2011. The National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a poverty alleviation project implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, a branch of the Government of India. This plan is focused on promoting self-employment and the organization of rural poor. The idea behind this program is to organize the poor into Self Help Groups (SHGs ...

  4. Minimum Wages Act 1948 - Wikipedia

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    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 workers.. The Indian Constitution has defined a 'living wage' that is the level of income for a worker which will ensure a basic standard of living including good health, dignity, comfort, education and provide for any contingency.

  5. National Food For Work Programme - Wikipedia

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    National Food For Work Programme. The National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), 2004 was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, central government on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India to generate supplementary wage employment. The programme is open to all Indian poor who are ready to do manual unskilled ...

  6. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana - Wikipedia

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    Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) in India is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which came into effect on 1 December 1997. The scheme strives to provide gainful employment and livelihood to the urban unemployed and underemployed poor, through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures or provision of wage employment.

  7. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana - Wikipedia

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    The Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (English: Universal Rural Employment Programme) was a scheme launched by the Government of India to gain the objective of providing gainful employment for the rural poor. [1]: 1 From 21 February 2003, EAS became an allocation-based scheme. [1]: 3 The programme was implemented through the Panchayati Raj ...

  8. 2024 Indian farmers' protest - Wikipedia

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    160 protestors injured [12] The 2024 Indian farmers' protest is the second round of continuous protests and road blockades initiated by farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana on 13 February 2024, primarily located at Punjab’s Shambhu border. [13] The main requests of the protests include securing legal assurance for the Minimum ...

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