Employment guarantees must remain demand-driven, flexible during crises, and rooted in local decision-making; VB-G RAM G ...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called on Prime Minister Modi to suspend the VB-G RamG Act, cautioning it undermines employment guarantees by replacing MGNREGA. He criticized the shift from ...
For several organisations and individuals associated with the employment guarantee programme, the writing has long been on ...
The debate isn’t just about rural jobs but fiscal control, political symbolism and whether the Centre’s VB-G RAM G model can ...
The dismantling of MGNREGA is not a technocratic policy decision but a logical extension of a political project that is ...
MGNREGA or the VB-G-RAM-G Act—the policy should not be a continuation of doles and freebies but a pathway to systemic solutions ...
At CES® 2026 in Las Vegas, Parks Associates announced new consumer research from "Tech Ecosystem Consumer Insights Dashboard" showing that smart TVs are the dominant gateway for streaming video in US ...
In early December, a report from FarmDocDaily on the delayed 2025 release of the latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans highlighted dampened trust between consumers and those guiding ...
The enactment of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G), 2025 represents the ...
In 2011-12, roughly 100 million rural Indians sought work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which increased to 130 million last ...
Opinion

The Year That Was

The parallel between happenings in 2025 and the dystopian novel 1984 is unmistakable. Between them, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping have all but created the fictional nations of Oceania, ...
The prime minister combines the best of both---grand vision and the ability to bring his vision to fruition, with unwavering finesse ...