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The Telegraph June 4, 2020 The Jharkhand rural development department has set a target of giving 10 lakh jobs to migrant workers through the  pani roko, paudha ropo  (conserve water, plant trees) campaign Integrating the various water conservation techniques with plantation of fruit-bearing trees and linking it to the MGNREGA scheme, the campaign was launched this month across 24 districts to provide jobs to migrant workers, who would get a daily wage of Rs 194. State rural development minister and Congress legislator Alamgir Alam said: “Almost five lakh migrant workers have returned so far. We are expecting around two lakh more to return. Amid the Covid-19 crisis, we have found an opportunity to provide jobs to 10 lakh people. Work has already started in all 24 districts. Migrant workers from Jharkhand and other states, who have lost their livelihood in urban areas owing to the adverse effect of Covid-19, will be accommodated in such schemes. They will get a daily ...

 The Telegraph  Tuesday, 26 May 2020 The unemployment rate in rural India has increased by over 2 percentage points in the past week, according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), a private research group. The CMIE weekly date showed the unemployment rate in rural India increased to 25.09 per cent against 22.79 per cent the previous week. The unemployment rate in urban areas declined from 26.95 to 22.72 in this period. The unemployment rate nationally increased from 24.01 to 24.34, suggesting one in four persons had nothing to do. The return of migrants to their villages may have pushed up the rural unemployment rate. At the same time, some factories and shops have started operation in urban areas in the past week. Reference:  https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/coronavirus-lockdown-unemployment-rate-in-rural-india-has-increases-by-over-2/cid/1775956#.XsyQAVnpLWI.whatsapp

NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance government has allocated ₹61,500 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for 2020-21, which is less than the revised estimate of ₹71,000 crore for this fiscal. MGNREGS promises 100 days of work to a household in a year. In fiscal 2019-20, the initial allocation for the programme was ₹60,000 crores. At ₹71,000 crore, the spend under the programme this year will be the highest since it was introduced in 2006 to stem distress migration of the unemployed under the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. Analysts said the higher spend can be attributed to rural distress. “The agriculture sector is not doing well and rural distress is seen in the higher demand for jobs under the MGNREGS," said Himanshu, a professor at the New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University. “The wages in MGNREGS are lower than the daily wages but still, people are turning to this as the last resort....