This site is being managed by the S R Abhiyan to post regular updates of the Mazdoor Haq Yatra and Satyagraha
Google News on NREGALet’s build on the positives
Page 12, Hindustan Times, 30th September 2010
Rajasthan refuses to recognise NREGA workers’ union
Page 7, Business Standard, 30th September 2010
MGNREGA: Foreign team in state to study social audit
Page 4, Times of India (Jaipur Edition), 30th September 2010
Jean Dreze, the critic
The Financial Express, 29th September 2010
Pictures from the yatra in Udaipur
27th September 2010
Yatris’ procession
People listening to what our yatris have to say
People signing on a cloth
Yatris explaining issues to people
Presenting a puppet show
People donating money for the Mazdoor Haq Yatra and Satyagraha
Rajasthan: Time to raise workers’ wages?
NDTV, 28th September 2010
http://www.ndtv.com/news/flash/player/embed_418x385/player_vod_em.swf
On 27th September 2010, a ‘Save NREGA’ press conference was held at the Indian Women’s Press Corps. Following is the media coverage of the event.
Advocacy for Rs. 125 as wages in MGNREGA
Page 15, Hindustan, 28th September 2010
The government is making the employment guarantee act weak
Page 7, Nai Dunia, 28th September 2010
Not getting benefits of MGNREGA without proper monitoring and transparency
Page 8, Jansatta, 28th September 2010
Employment Council members target Joshi again
Page 5, Dainik Bhaskar, 28th September 2010
NAC members blast execution of NREGA, call it ‘anti-labour’
Frontpage (Continued on Page 2), The Financial Express, 28th September 2010
UPA undermining NREGA, say activists
Page 6, Business Standard, 28th September 2010
Barbs on poor NREGS pay in Gehlot’s state
Page 20, Mail Today, 28th September 2010
MGNREGA workers peeved at being paid just one rupee as daily wage
Page 7, The Hindu, 28th September 2010
Aruna Roy, Dreze criticise NREGA
Page 5, The Asian Age, 28th September 2010
‘In best NREG state, 20% defrauded’
Page 3, The Indian Express, 28th September 2010
States fail on dole for jobless – Unemployment allowance to handful
The Telegraph, 28th September 2010
A ‘Save NREGA’ press conference was organized on 27th September 2010 at the Indian Women’s Press Corps. The following document (an invitation) to the press conference, also provides some information about the event.
Below is the press note that was issued in the press conference.
English Press Note
With this press note were attached several supporting documents, in both English and Hindi, as annexures. The same can be found below.
The press coverage of this event can be seen at this page.
The work that we do is measured, but who measures the work that politicians and bureaucrats do?
Dainik Bhaskar, 27th Sep 2010
Mazdoor Haq Yatra in Dudu
Rajasthan Patrika, 27th September 2010
Minimum wages: Song of sorrow in state
Times of India, 27th September 2010
Warning about an indefinite protest
Rajasthan Patrika, 25th September 2010
Two thousand signatures supporting labourers
Dainik Bhaskar, 20th September 2010
MNREGA workers want increase in daily wages
DNA, 20th September 2010
Salaries-expenses rise, wages remain the same
Dainik Bhaskar, 19th September 2010
People’s money is being spent on officials
Rajasthan Patrika, 19th September 2010
State borrows big to pay salaries to babus
DNA, 19th September 2010
Plan to intensify stir of NREGA workers
Times of India, 19th September 2010
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