{"id":69487,"date":"2026-02-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/ground-up-stories\/why-villagers-in-west-jaintia-hills-quit-agriculture-for-mgnrega\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:48:45","slug":"why-villagers-in-west-jaintia-hills-quit-agriculture-for-mgnrega","status":"publish","type":"ground_up_stories","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/gu-in\/ground-up-stories\/why-villagers-in-west-jaintia-hills-quit-agriculture-for-mgnrega\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0aaa\u0ab6\u0acd\u0a9a\u0abf\u0aae \u0a9c\u0aaf\u0a82\u0aa4\u0abf\u0aaf\u0abe \u0ab9\u0abf\u0ab2\u0acd\u0ab8\u0aa8\u0abe \u0a97\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aae\u0a9c\u0aa8\u0acb\u0a8f \u0aae\u0aa8\u0ab0\u0ac7\u0a97\u0abe \u0aae\u0abe\u0a9f\u0ac7 \u0a96\u0ac7\u0aa4\u0ac0 \u0ab6\u0abe \u0aae\u0abe\u0a9f\u0ac7 \u0a9b\u0acb\u0aa1\u0ac0 \u0aa6\u0ac0\u0aa7\u0ac0"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><picture><source 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#2734;&#2759;&#2731;&#2759;&#2736;&#2752;&#2728; &#2736;&#2751;&#2728;&#2765;&#2724;&#2750;&#2725;&#2751;&#2735;&#2750;&#2690;&#2711; &#2711;&#2765;&#2736;&#2750;&#2744;&#2736;&#2754;&#2719;&#2765;&#2744; &#2742;&#2751;&#2738;&#2763;&#2690;&#2711;&#2728;&#2750; &#2730;&#2765;&#2736;&#2734;&#2753;&#2710; &#2715;&#2759;.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/contributor\/samme-massar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#2744;&#2734;&#2765;&#2734;&#2759; &#2734;&#2750;&#2744;&#2736;<\/a>, &#2694;&#2696;&#2721;&#2752;&#2694;&#2736; &#2728;&#2763;&#2736;&#2765;&#2725;&#2696;&#2744;&#2765;&#2719; &#2731;&#2759;&#2738;&#2763; 2025-26 &#2728;&#2759; &#2716;&#2723;&#2750;&#2741;&#2765;&#2735;&#2750; &#2734;&#2753;&#2716;&#2732;<\/em>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#2719;&#2765;&#2736;&#2750;&#2728;&#2765;&#2744;&#2738;&#2759;&#2742;&#2728; &#2719;&#2754;&#2738;&#2728;&#2763; 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