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Business Standard
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
MGNREGA verdict in, but tug of war between Centre, state lingers in Bengal
In a landmark judgment last week, the Calcutta High Court directed the Centre to resume the implementation of the stalled MGNREGA in West Bengal from August 1 Ishita Ayan Dutt Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi Listen to This Article Even as both the TMC and the BJP claim 'victory' after the Calcutta HC's order on resumption of MGNREGA in the state, political fault lines are likely to widen before Assembly polls next year, explain Ishita Ayan Dutta & Sanjeeb Mukherjee In a landmark judgment last week, the Calcutta High Court directed the Centre to resume the implementation of the stalled Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in West Bengal from August 1, prospectively. The Centre had put on hold the release of funds under the scheme since March 9, 2022, in accordance with the provisions under section 27
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Business Standard
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
74% rural households expect income growth in next 1 year: Nabard survey
Forecast of 'above normal' southwest monsoon in 2025 that would boost farm growth and rising consumption demand in rural India has fuelled the positive change in the rural sector Sanjeeb Mukherjee Delhi Listen to This Article Around 74 per cent rural households expect their incomes to increase in the next one year, according to a bi-monthly survey conducted by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) in May 2025. The percentage recorded was 72 in March. This is the highest percentage of people who are expecting a jump in their incomes over the next one year since the start of the bi-monthly Rural Economic Conditions and Sentiments Survey (RECSS) of Nabard in September 2024. The survey has been conducted in 600 villages, covering 6,000 households (10 households from every sample village). In May this
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Business Standard
01-06-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Work demand under MGNREGA job scheme increased by 4.2% in May, shows data
Data shows that historically, May is a month when MGNREGA work demand is among the highest as traditional activities around agriculture weaken due to the lean cropping season Sanjeeb Mukherjee Listen to This Article Around 28.32 million households sought work under the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in May, which was 4.2 per cent more than the same month in the last financial year. Data shows that historically, May is a month when MGNREGA work demand is among the highest as traditional activities around agriculture weaken due to the lean cropping season. Sequentially, data shows that work demand in May this year is among the highest in the past eleven months.
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Business Standard
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Onion prices fail to rise much despite lifting of Sep 2024 export curbs
Last month's lifting of an export duty of 20 per cent, imposed in September 2024, came too late as the export market had already been captured by the Pakistani crop Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi Listen to This Article Onion prices in the wholesale markets of Lasalgaon and Pimpalgaon in Nashik district of Maharashtra had dropped by almost 32-34 per cent by middle of April since the start of the month despite the central government lifting a September 2024 export duty of 20 per cent. While wholesale prices have recovered some lost ground since late April, and are now trading at around Rs 1150-1200 per quintal in both markets, the current levels are still lower than the price before the duty was lifted. Lasalgaon and Pimpalgaon markets are considered the benchmark when it comes to onion pricing and the
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Business Standard
04-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Pahalgam terrorist attack: 'Non-kinetic' arrows in quiver to counter Pak
Experts suggest diplomatic manoeuvres to put Pakistan back in FATF 'grey list', regulate information on hydrological data to the lower riparian and convincing friends like Saudi, UAE to block aid Archis Mohan Sanjeeb Mukherjee Delhi Listen to This Article After the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, India's diplomatic response to Pakistan has focused on 'non-kinetic' measures: suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), curtailing water flow through the Baglihar dam on the Chenab river, banning imports, and shutting ports for Pakistan-owned ships. India is also set to red-flag the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) fresh $1.3 billion loan tranche for Pakistan, expected to be taken up by its board at its meeting in Washington on May 9. New Delhi plans to sensitise other global entities and lenders — like the World Bank — on their engagements with Islamabad.
