Viswanathan, P K and Mishra, R N and Bhattarai, M (2014) Gender Perspectives on Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in India: Study across SAT Villages. Monograph. Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
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This policy brief presents the key findings and policy suggestions on gender aspects of implementation of MGNREGS in dryland region of India. This is based on the recent study across 10 villages in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Nearly 30% of the total 490 women respondents surveyed indicated that they used the wage income from MGNREGS towards meeting daily consumption needs, while 20% reported using the wage income for meeting the expenses towards education of children and meeting health needs of the household. By and large, about 70% of the respondents also observed that their status in the household and the community had increased after working in MGNRGS and securing equal wage payments.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Monograph) |
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| Divisions: | RP-Market Institutions and Policies |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) |
| Series Name: | GIDR- ICRISAT Policy Brief 2 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gender; Employment; India; MGNREGS; Gujarat; Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme |
| Subjects: | Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2015 10:06 |
| Last Modified: | 29 May 2015 10:11 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8761 |
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