Why Modi government’s rural jobs scheme is a sham in drought-hit Maharashtra district

What happened: More than two-thirds of Maharashtra, 304 of 358 tehsils, was declared drought-hit after an 18% monsoon rain deficit, and in Beed district farmer Satish Shirsath earned Rs 3,000 under the VB-G RAM G rural jobs scheme before leaving for Sangli to find work. Key numbers: 304 of 358 tehsils drought-hit; 18% monsoon deficit statewide; 37% deficit in Beed, worst in a decade; Shirsath's soybean Why it matters: The content presents the scheme as failing to provide sustained work in drought-hit Beed, with Shirsath finding no work after his initial six days and migrating with his wife.

More than two-thirds of Maharashtra, 304 of 358 tehsils, was declared drought-hit after an 18% monsoon rain deficit, and in Beed district farmer Satish Shirsath earned Rs 3,000 under the VB-G RAM G rural jobs scheme before leaving for Sangli to find work.

The content presents the scheme as failing to provide sustained work in drought-hit Beed, with Shirsath finding no work after his initial six days and migrating with his wife.