Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household that demands work.
Using government reported data, this brief reports on:
Trends in GoI allocations and releases and total expenditures;
Trends in employment provided and wages paid;
Physical assets created and status of work completion.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household that demands work.
Using government reported data, this brief reports on:
Trends in GoI allocations and releases and total expenditures;
Trends in employment provided and wages paid;
Physical assets created and status of work completion.
Indian cities are crucial to the response to climate change. As the bulk of their infrastructure is yet to be built, their current decisions can lock-in, or lock-out, inclusive and climate resilient forms. We examine the case study of Rajkot to highlight how cities can use existing governance arrangements to promote climate efforts, and the ways in which their efforts can be scaled: 1) use locally specific urban objectives as an entry point for climate action; 2) focus on implementing state and national level schemes which include climate components; and 3) creatively adapt urban development directives to accommodate climate actions. We propose a multiple objectives framework which Indian cities can use to structure their climate actions.
Suggested citation: Ankit Bhardwaj and Radhika Khosla (2017) Mainstreaming Climate Actions in Indian Cities: Case Study of Rajkot. Policy Brief. Center for Policy Research, New Delhi. Available at: https://cprindia.org/research/reports/mainstreaming-climate-action-indian…
Will the global climate regime resemble the trade regime? If so, what would such a development imply for the governance of climate change? Both before and certainly in the aftermath of the Copenhagen climate conference, a debate has been underway on whether the architecture of the climate regime needs to change or not. In brief, the argument suggests moving away from a top-down ‘targets and timetables’ approach towards a bottom-up structure that allows countries to promise actions that are consistent with their domestic politics and economic priorities.
Across the world, poor communities bear a disproportionate burden of the environmental cost of development. Harmful projects such as polluting industrial units, municipal disposal sites or mining projects are usually situated close to poor neighbourhoods. These communities grapple on a daily basis with environmental impacts which exposes them to toxic contamination, adversely affect their livelihoods and impose restrictions on their access to common resources and mobility. These problems severely affect their ability to live a life of dignity and safety. Communities usually strive to overturn these issues with whatever available resources and avenues they have but more than often not, they are overpowered by powerful.
Many of these projects are meant to be regulated by laws that are crafted far away from the affected people. Their stated purpose or extent of implementation is known only to policy makers, the projects and few experts. They remain in the books while harmful projects continue operations for years in gross violation or non-compliance of these laws. The lack of public knowledge of relevant legal and project information hinders the ability of affected communities to uphold their rights and attain meaningful remedies or relief from these adverse situations.
The CPR-Namati Environmental Justice Program has developed a strong network of grassroots legal advocates or paralegals across four states in India. These paralegals are equipped with knowledge of basic law, relevant regulatory institutions, administrative processes and skills such as mediation, training and community organization. They work directly with the affected communities to help them to know the law, use the law and shape the law. They assist communities to build evidence about the impacts, approach relevant institutions and seek practical remedies for their problems. In this process, communities are legally empowered to lead the dialogue with the regulatory bodies to address these environmental challenges.
This publication is a compilation of articles written by CPR-Namati’s barefoot advocates, also called as “Enviro-legal Coordinators”, about the cases they have worked on with affected communities. These stories chronicle their conviction that putting law in the hands of ordinary people can shift the balance of power in support of justice. They also show that it takes perseverance, focus and collective action to obtain justice.
This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number – MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.
This report has been obtained from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India in response to an RTI request (application number – MOTLA/R/2016/80065) filed by CPR Land Rights Initiative.
Using government reported data, this brief looks closely at the effects of the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) recommendations on state finances in Maharashtra, with a particular focus on effects on social sector investments.
The brief asks two key questions:
Did increased tax devolution result in enhancing fiscal space for states?
Has the changed fiscal structure resulted in any visible shifts in social sector investments at the state level?
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is Government of India’s (GoI’s) flagship scheme to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a Financial Year (FY) to every rural household that demands work. To boost employment opportunities and cater to increased demand from an estimated 67 lakh returnee migrant workers, GoI launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) in mission mode for 116 districts across six states of the country.
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this brief uses government data to report on:
Trends in MGNREGS allocations, releases, and expenditures;
Scheme performance with respect to wages paid and employment provided given the increased demand for work; and
Trends in finances and employment generation under GKRA.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household that demands work.
Using government reported data, this brief reports on:
Trends in GoI allocations and releases and total expenditures;
Trends in employment provided and wages paid;
Physical assets created and status of work completion.
