The_Story_Teller·Aug 11, 2025The Economist Who Walked Into Villages and Changed India’s Welfare StoryIn the late 1970s, a young man from Belgium stepped off a train in India with a backpack, a sharp mind, and a heart full of questions. His…
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy·Apr 5, 2023Climate GainsCSTEP proposes a framework for quantifying the climate co-benefits of the world’s largest public works programme, MGNREGS
Litul Baruah·Jun 12, 2020CoVID-19 stimulus for MGNREGA is not enough for creating employment for the migrant populationSkilled migrant workers are left out of the government stimulus package. Their livelihood has been also affected by the lockdown and…
Abhishek Anand·May 8, 2020Doors of opportunity for “Locked Down India”The world is witnessing a pandemic that has changed and affected the way how things worked in all extreme says possible. A pandemic which…
Indian National Congress·Sep 16, 2017The systematic strangulation of MGNREGA under Modi’s watchIndia in 2017 has become a nation of contradictions. On one hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seen laying the foundation stone for the…