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Income generation must be the focus of policy

According to the report, while growth has taken place in terms of an increase in wages earned, the benefits of that growth have been concentrated and this has marginalised the poor further

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The government has continued with earlier policies, schemes and extent of outlays, without attempting radical shifts or transformations

Says price rise in perishable food items due to production seasonality

The financial statement for the scheme shows a negative balance of about Rs 8,800 crore, and nearly Rs 10,000 crore in pending wages

This was mainly on account of migrants again returning to their homes due to the second wave of Covid-19 and several cities going into lockdowns

With schemes like MGNREGA and cash support via PM-KISAN given priority in allocation from the remainder, govt is forced to dip into capital receipts from disinvestment and borrow from the market

If clearing of FCI's outstanding dues and loans does not spur further reforms, they will once again reach current levels in the next 4-5 years, say experts

The reversal in demand also reflects the growing need for further pushing the programme

Rural economy won't be able to support excess workers forever

Of 24.3 mn households that demanded work, only 16.3 mn got it

The countrywide lockdown imposed on March 24 to contain the spread of Covid-19 resulted in large-scale job losses in both the formal and informal sectors

Almost 63 per cent of the increased allocation of around Rs 1.01 trillion has been spent in the first five months of 2020-21

Livelihoods of a large section of people in urban areas have been affected due to the pandemic, the Rajasthan CM said in a letter to Hardeep Singh Puri

The additional borrowing would help state tide over the estimated 30 per cent revenue shortfall in 2020-21 fiscal

Availability of credible data is critical to integrating these workers in development programmes

Also, public expenditure on health will be increased, she said without giving details. Investments in grassroot health institutions to be ramped up

The sum was debated and it became clear it would have to be similar in scale to the support given under the Pradhan Mantri (PM) Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)