Various alleged administrative and financial irregularities worth crores have been pointed out in execution of development works in worst Naxal-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh by state......
Having completed six months in power, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government has drawn up a performance report card listing out its achievements, despite opposition from its allies......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will launch the National Food for Work Programme at Aloor village in Andhra Pradesh's Ranga Reddy district on November 14.The NFFWP is part of the United Progressive......
In an article entitled "Loot for Work Programme" (The Times of India, July 2, 2005), National Economic Council member and prime designer of the Employment Guarantee Scheme Jean Dreze reports on a......
Arun Shrimali, a social worker with an NGO called Sewa Mandir is no engineer. Yet, he, along with four other NGOs, are working on a tight deadline to come up with a five-year plan for assets to be......
At the construction site of a dam in Chakmandi village of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan, nearly 183 labourers below the poverty line eat frugal meals.They do not know it, but other families are......
The UPA government had launched the National Food For Work Programme last year to generate employment for the rural poor by utilising the surplus grain lying in silos. Business Standard finds out......
As part of the United Progressive Alliance government's poverty alleviation initiatives, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday launched the national food for work programme in Andhra Pradesh's......