Employment scheme launched for urban poor youth in Madhya Pradesh
5 years, 11 months ago

Employment scheme launched for urban poor youth in Madhya Pradesh

India Today  

On the occasion of Republic Day, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath announced the launch of the 'Yuva Swabhiman Yojana' for youth from the economically weaker sections in urban areas. In his Republic Day address at the Police Parade Maidan in Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath said that the youth were the future of India and they had immense talent which needed to be honed. Under this scheme, 100 days of employment will be provided to youngesters from economically weaker sections of the society in urban areas. Kamal Nath told IANS, "While those in rural areas get employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the urban poor youth are left out.

Urban Areas Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath  areas  poor  scheme  sections  weaker  employment  nath  society  launched  madhya  urban  pradesh  youth

History of this topic

MP Chief minister Says 2.7 Lakh Vacant Govt Posts Will Be Filled
2 days, 12 hours ago

MP Chief minister Says 2.7 Lakh Vacant Govt Posts Will Be Filled

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday declared his government’s plan to ensure employment for 70 percent of unemployed youths in the state by 2028. Unveiling the “Yuva Shakti Mission” project on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand, Mr Yadav further announced that the recruitment process to fill 2.7 lakh vacant posts in various state …

Lok Sabha election manifestos: Modi’s Guarantee, Congress’s NYAY
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election manifestos: Modi’s Guarantee, Congress’s NYAY

Hindustan Times  

On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party released its Sankalp Patra, or manifesto titled “Modi Ki Guarantee”. The poor The BJP’s manifesto has promised free ration under the PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana to 800 million people, which has been extended by five years, a price stabilisation fund for vegetables and pulses, and self-reliance in the production of pulses, edible oils, …

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah launches registration for ‘Yuva Nidhi’: ₹3,000 unemployment assistance for graduates and ₹1,500 for diploma holders
1 year ago

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah launches registration for ‘Yuva Nidhi’: ₹3,000 unemployment assistance for graduates and ₹1,500 for diploma holders

The Hindu  

December 26, 2023 02:30 pm | Updated 04:34 pm IST - BENGALURU Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on December 26 launched the registration of the fifth and last poll guarantee ‘Yuva Nidhi’ in Bengaluru offering unemployment assistance to graduates and diploma holders. The scheme offers monetary assistance of ₹3,000 to the graduates and ₹1,500 to the diploma holders who passed in …

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka seeks pending dues from Centre under MGNREGA to help mitigate drought condition

The Hindu  

As 216 taluks in Karnataka are reeling under drought, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested the Centre to release pending Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme wage component at the earliest, for ensuring effective implementation of the job scheme. Letter to the Centre Karnataka Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma has written to Shailesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, …

Yuva Nidhi scheme to come into force from December-January, says Siddaramaiah
1 year, 5 months ago

Yuva Nidhi scheme to come into force from December-January, says Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

The State Government’s Yuva Nidhi scheme to provide monthly allowance to educated unemployed youth will be implemented from December 2023-January 2024, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Fielding reporters’ queries in Mysuru on Saturday, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the party’s pre-election manifesto had assured to provide the monthly allowance to educated unemployed youth, who are unable to secure jobs in six months. While …

What is Shivraj Chouhan govt's earn-while-you-learn scheme for youth?
1 year, 7 months ago

What is Shivraj Chouhan govt's earn-while-you-learn scheme for youth?

India Today  

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet, on May 17, passed the Mukhyamantri Seekho Kamao Yojana, an earn-while-you-learn scheme under which youth in the 18-29 age group, who are domiciled in the state and have passed Class 12 or hold an ITI diploma or higher qualification, would be eligible. The eligibility pool for the scheme would be around the same number given that …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don’t leave poor behind
1 year, 11 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don’t leave poor behind

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a line in Princeton professor Ashoka Mody’s latest book India is Broken and Why it’s Hard to Fix that is relevant at all times. As Amit Basole, who heads the Centre for Sustainable Employment in Azim Premji University, and works on “jobless growth” in India, pointed out in a recent commentary piece in a national daily: “Cross-country data …

Explained | The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme has rolled out in Rajasthan with the objective of providing economic support to the poor and needy families living in the cities through work to be provided on demand for 100 days in a year. The Congress government has touted it as the country's biggest scheme to give guaranteed …

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced
2 years, 5 months ago

2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 15, 2022 06:00 IST The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was introduced by the United Progressive Alliance government, partly to fulfil an election manifesto promise. The primary objective of the Act is to provide a minimum level of household security to rural families by providing work for unskilled labour for at least 100 days. The …

Rural jobs: Centre sees lapses in TS
2 years, 6 months ago

Rural jobs: Centre sees lapses in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre has decided to send more teams to Telangana to scrutinise the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works in the state. The earlier inspection highlighted issues such as taking non-permissible work, noncompliance of guidelines related to desilting of minor irrigation tank works, taking staggered trenches work in plain areas, whereas, such works are useful …

20 UP districts declared child labour-free: Min
2 years, 7 months ago

20 UP districts declared child labour-free: Min

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh labour and employment minister Anil Rajbhar said here on Sunday that In comparison to the 2001 census, the 2011 census saw a significant increase in the number of child labourers. It was “This year, the state government’s ‘Naya Savera’ Yojana proclaimed 275-gram panchayats and municipality wards in 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh free of child labour. The …

‘MNREGA helped stop migration from rural areas in Dharwad’
2 years, 10 months ago

‘MNREGA helped stop migration from rural areas in Dharwad’

The Hindu  

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act had helped the rural families from migrating to bigger cities in search of livelihood, Deputy Secretary of Dharwad Zilla Panchayat Rekah Dollin has said. She was speaking at a programme ‘Nava Bharata Naari’ to honour women working under MGNREGA from the last eight years at Umachagi village in Hubballi taluk on Monday. …

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch
3 years, 2 months ago

Underestimated utility: The Hindu Editorial on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee rural jobs scheme fund crunch

The Hindu  

That as many as 21 of 35 States/UTs have utilised, by October 29, over 100% of their allocated funds under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for FY2021-22 is not a surprise. In the previous year, the allocations for MGNREGS were increased by ₹50,000 crore to meet the demand for work, with the Revised Estimates for spending for the …

The growing clamour for an urban jobs scheme
4 years, 3 months ago

The growing clamour for an urban jobs scheme

Live Mint  

Since April 2020, G.Mathivathanan, a senior bureaucrat in Odisha’s urban development department, has found himself in the middle of a large-scale social experiment. NREGA’s distinctive muster roll-based work assignment remained, but the nature of public works changed, from digging wells and irrigation canals to building stormwater drains and maintaining urban parks. “In Odisha, this will evolve into a permanent urban …

A mindset problem: The Hindu Editorial on rural jobs scheme fund crunch
4 years, 11 months ago

A mindset problem: The Hindu Editorial on rural jobs scheme fund crunch

The Hindu  

It needs no reiteration that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has acted as insurance for landless labourers during crop failures, agrarian crises and periods of a stressed economy. With the ongoing economic slowdown resulting in depressed rural wages and the lack of adequate opportunity to work, the MGNREGS has provided much needed succour and this explains why …

Andhra Pradesh's jobless youth to get monthly allowance from today
6 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh's jobless youth to get monthly allowance from today

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will on Tuesday give away monthly unemployment allowance of Rs 1,000 to the eligible jobless youth in the state, marking the official launch of the 'Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestham' scheme. "The chief minister will distribute the unemployment allowance certificates to the beneficiaries tomorrow. Simultaneously, local ministers and MLAs will distribute the unemployment allowance …

Unemployed youth in Andhra Pradesh will now get a monthly unemployment allowance
6 years, 3 months ago

Unemployed youth in Andhra Pradesh will now get a monthly unemployment allowance

India Today  

The 'Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestham' scheme will be officially launched Tuesday in Andhra Pradesh, wherein Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will give away an amount of Rs 1000 as monthly unemployment allowance to the eligible, jobless youth in the state. The motive of the 'Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestham' scheme is to provide financial security to educated but unemployed individuals until they find …

Discover Related