The Hindu Editorial (Shore up the lifeline) – Nov 27, 2021

After reports clearly indicated that the States had run out of funds for expenditure on wages and materials for the MGNREGS, the Government announced ₹10,000 crore in additional funds as an interim measure… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Shore up the lifeline) – Nov 27, 2021.

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shore up (phrasal verb) – support, help, assist someone/something from ; bolster up, buttress, strengthen, fortify, reinforce, underpin something from decline.
lifeline (noun) – a thing that helps someone a “means of escape” from a difficult situation.
close the gap (phrase) – to reduce a difference between two things.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act/Scheme (MGNREGA), 2005 (noun) – an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’. It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
run out (phrasal verb) -be used up, dry up, be exhausted, be finished; have none left, have no more of, be out of.
interim (adjective) – provisional, temporary, intervening, transitional.
measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
balance sheet (noun) – a summary of the financial balances; account book.
in the red (phrase) – in debt, in deficit, owing money, in arrears, showing a loss.
cash/funds crunch (noun) – an acute shortage (or “drying up”) of cash/funds.
budgeted (adjective) – allocated, allotted, provided.
outlay (noun) – expenditure, expenses, spending.
extended (adjective) – prolonged, protracted, long-lasting, long-drawn-out.
pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
lack of (noun) – absence, unavailability.
besides (preposition/linking adverb) – in addition to, as well, apart from.
of course (phrase) – certainly, definitely, absolutely; obviously, clearly.
lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by the authority.
depress (verb) – slow down, reduce, diminish.
avenue (noun) – direction, route, path (to make progress toward something).
in fact (phrase) – actually, really, in reality.
sustain (verb) – support, keep up, prop up, shore up, bolster.
contribute to (verb) – cause, bring about, lead to.
unmet (adjective) – (of a need, requirement, or condition) not achieved; not satisfied; not fulfilled, unmatched.
to the tune of (phrase) – amounting to.
activist (noun) – a person who supports a political or societal change/cause.
implementation (noun) – execution, enforcement, imposition.
household (noun) – family, house.
tenable (adjective) – defensible, justifiable, defendable, supportable, sustainable, acceptable.
flawed (adjective) – defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate.
if anything (phrase) – on the contrary even.
tie (verb) – join, connect, link.
quarter (noun) – a period of three months (considered as one-fourth of a year).
liabilities (noun) – financial obligation, debt, indebtedness, debit.
hamper (verb) – hinder, obstruct, impede.
foodgrain (noun) – a grain (rice, wheat, etc.) produced for human consumption.
ration (noun) – the practice of having a fixed allowance of food, esp. a statutory one for civilians (particularly in time of scarcity or soldiers in time of war); allowance, allocation, allotment.
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) (noun) – The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme was part of the Centre’s initial COVID-19 relief package, back in March 2020 when the first lockdown was announced. It provides for 5 kg of rice or wheat per person per month to be distributed free of cost to the 80 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act.
relief (noun) – (financial) help, aid, assistance, succour.
acknowledgment (noun) – acceptance, admission, recognition, realization.
robust (adjective) – strong, powerful.
prudent (adjective) – wise, sensible, careful/ far-sighted.
make up (phrasal verb) – compensate for, make recompense for (something deficient).
shortfall (noun) – deficit, inadequacy, deficiency.