Employment guarantee programme and dynamics of rural transformation in India : challenges and opportunities / Madhusudan Bhattarai, P.K. Viswanathan, Rudra N. Mishra, Cynthia Bantilan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Bhattarai, Madhusudan, editor.

Viswanathan, P. K., editor.

Mishra, Rudra Narayan, editor.

Bantilan, Cynthia, editor.

Series:

India studies in business and economics

India studies in business and economics, 2198-0012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005--Evaluation.

India.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (India).

Labor policy--Economic aspects--India.

Labor policy.

Manpower policy, Rural--India.

Manpower policy, Rural.

Labor policy--Economic aspects.

Rural development--India.

Rural development.

Public welfare--India.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

xxx, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

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 [the] 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, no 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 interdisciplinary 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"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction / Madhusudan Bhattarai and P.K. Viswanathan

Part I. MGNREGA : macro perspectives and analysis. Employment generation under MGNREGA : spatial and temporal performance across states / Parmod Kumar

MGNREGS implementations and the dynamics of rural labour markets / D. Narasimha Reddy, A. Amarender Reddy, Madhusudan Bhattarai, N. Nagaraj and Cynthia Bantilan

Beyond digging and filling holes : maximizing the net positive impact of MGNREGA / Shilp Verma and Tushaar Shah

Has profitability of foodgrain production declined after implementation of MGNREGS in India? / A. Narayanamoorthy, Madhusudan Bhattarai and R. Suresh

Part II. MGNREGA : state level experiences and outcomes. From EGS to MGNREGS in Maharashtra : were the programme potentials achieved? / Jayanti Kajale and Sangeeta Shroff

Asset creation under MGNREGA and sustainable agriculture growth : impacts of convergence initiatives in Odisha and West Bengal Pulak Mishra and Saswat Kishore Mishra

MGNREGS : political economy, local governance and asset creation in South India / Vinoj Abraham

MGNREGA and inclusive development : a case study in Tripura, Northeast India / Indraneel Bhowmik, Pritam Bose, Samrat Goswami and Pradip Chouhan

Part III. MGNREGA : micro level case studies. Inter-sectional linkages and multipliers of MGNREGA in a rainfed village in Karnataka : applications of social accounting maxtrix (SAM) / Gourav Kumar Vani, P.S. Srikantha Murthy and Madhusudan Bhattarai

Economic impacts of MGNREGA in dryland region of India : a meso and micro study in selected states / N. Nagaraj, P.S. Srikantha Murthy, M.G. Chandrakanth, Madhusudan Bhattarai and Namrata Singha Roy

Part IV. MGNREGA : governance challenges and its future perspectives. Can employment guarantee scheme (EGS) ensure inclusive and resilient growth in rainfed areas : convergence lessons learned and way forward Ravindra Adusumilli and Ashima Chaudhary

The journey of MGNREGA : changing approaches and challenges / Amita Shah, Aasha Kapur Mehta, P.K. Viswanathan and Nicky Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9811062617

9789811062612

OCLC:

994787491