ICT for Women –Creating gender sensitive eSpaces for MGNREGA

CategoriesGoal 10: Reduced Inequalities, Goal 5: Gender Equality, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Knowledge & Research, PrintTagsAccess to Information, Gender Equality, MGNREGA, Rajasthan, Rural Development, UNDP

The ICT Ecosystem project for the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act in Rajasthan was launched in the year 2009 by OneWorld Foundation India in collaboration with the Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India), Government of Rajasthan and the United Nations Development Programme. This project was officially known as the ‘Knowledge Read More …

Panchayat Banks: Providing banking facilities at the village level in Jharkhand

CategoriesGoal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Knowledge & Research, PrintTagsEmployment, Government Schemes, Jharkhand, MGNREGA, Rural Development

The Panchayat Banks model of Jharkhand has provided rural citizens with improved access to a range of government schemes as well as financial services, allowing citizens to carry out basic financial transactions and also access benefits of government schemes such as pensions and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) payments. The initiative has Read More …

Enabling access to MGNREGA entitlements through voice-based info-kiosks

CategoriesGoal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Kiosks, Technology & InnovationTagsMGNREGA, Rajasthan, Rural Development

OneWorld Foundation India, in partnership with the Ministry of Rural Development and UNDP, enables illiterate workers to use icon- and voice-enabled info-kiosks to access information on their entitlements and wages in Rajasthan.

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