Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India: Challenges and Opportunities

Bhattarai, M and Viswanathan, P K and Mishra, R N and Bantilan, C (2018) Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India: Challenges and Opportunities. India Studies in Business and Economics (ISBE) . Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-6262-9

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Abstract

This book offers an assessment of the performance, impact, and welfare implications of the world’s largest employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Launched by the Indian government, the programme covers entire rural area of the country. The book presents various micro-level analyses of the programme and its heterogeneous impacts at different scales, almost a decade after its implementation. While there are some doubts over the future of the scheme as well as its magnitude, nature and content, the central government appears committed to it, as a ‘convergence scheme’ of various other welfare and rural development programmes being implemented at both national and state level. The book discusses the outcomes of the programme and offers critical insights into the lessons learnt, not only in the context of India, but also for similar schemes in countries in South and South-East Asia as well as in Africa, and Latin America. Adopting inter-disciplinary perspectives in analysing these issues, this unique book uses a judicious mix of methods---integrating quantitative and qualitative tools---and will be an invaluable resource for analysts, NGOs, policymakers and academics alike.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	Research Program : Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD)
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Series Name:	India Studies in Business and Economics (ISBE)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA, Employment Guarantees Program, Social Protection, Social Safety Nets, Convergence Initiatives, Capital Formation in Agriculture, Rural Asset Creation, Rural Labor Markets, Performance assessment, Welfare implications, India
Subjects:	Others > MGNREGA Others > Rural Development Others > Rural Economy Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > Indian Agriculture Others > India
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2018 03:47
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2018 08:24
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10780
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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