Poverty

India chronic poverty report: towards solutions and new compacts in a dynamic context

This report looks at the large numbers of programmes and schemes aimed at poverty allevation and identifies why they have not succeeded to the desired extent. Design flaws, weak implementation, inadequate provision of funds, and the inability of the poor to access scheme benefits, are amongst many factors identified and analyzed.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
& et al, Aasha Kapur Mehta, Shashanka Bhide, Andrew Shepherd
Indian Institute of Public Administration
Tags:
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Poverty

Economic analysis of MGNREGA in the drought-prone states of Karnataka, Rajasthan and irrigation-dominated state of Andhra Pradesh

Using macro level data on MGNREGA performance in drought-prone states of Karnataka and Rajasthan as well as in irrigation-dominated state of Andhra Pradesh, this study has revealed that the impact of MGNREGA wage on the economic scarcity of labour is relatively modest when compared with the impact of hike in non-farm wages. Even though the provision of food security through public distribution system has contributed to the economic scarcity of labour, the relative hike in non-farm wages is contributing to higher economic scarcity of labour rather than PDS and MGNREGA wages.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
P. S. Srikantha Murthy, S. Indumati
Agricultural Economics Research Review
24
531-536
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Rural Poverty, Drought Prone Areas, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Irrigation, Unemployment, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Food Security, Subsidies, Agricultural Machines, India
Economy

Waking up from the nightmare

As a response to the criticisms of microfinance institutions

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Prabhu Ghate
Economic and Political Weekly
46
1
79
Tags:
Finance, Poverty, Economy, Development, Legislation, India, Debt, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), NGO, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Anti-Poverty Programmes, Rural Poverty
Economy

Globalising India and inclusive growth

India is being variously described as a developing country to an 'almost developed country'. The truth lies towards the latter. It is globalising rapidly and is now one of the leading countries competing for global knowledge work.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan
RITES Journal
13
1
12
Tags:
India, Globalisation, Economic Development, Poverty, Private Sector, Anti-Poverty Programmes, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Education, Economy
Governance And Institutions

Understanding NREGA: a simple theory and some facts

A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage that even if competitively determined may not be adequate for the poor household to reach their target income; what they consider as means of a decent living.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
Diganta Mukherjee, Uday Bhanu Sinha
Centre for Development Economics
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India, Agriculture, Economy, Governance And Institutions
Governance And Institutions

NREGS and child well being

There have been many evaluation studies on the impact of NREGS but there are hardly any systematic studies relating to impact of the scheme on children. This paper tries to fill this gap. There is a huge

Publication Date: 
01/01/2011
S. Mahendra Dev
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Child Labour, India, Nutrition, Migration, Women, Governance And Institutions
Animal Care

Kamadhenu Yojana for Gaushala development

Kamadhenu Yojana has been chalked out for development of Gaushalas in all the 52 thousand villages of Madhya Pradesh under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Animal Care, Dairy Development, Madhya Pradesh, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Panchayats, Rural Development
Poverty

CS enquires timely payment of wages to beneficiaries under MNREGA

In a sudden surprise inspection, Chief Secretary Avani Vaish stopped his cavalcade at Gram Panchayat Podki of Pushprajgarh Janpad Panchayat and enquired beneficiaries about payment of wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) whether they are being paid on time or not.

The Chief Secretary, on the way to take a meeting of administrative officials at Amarkantak i

Publication Date: 
27/12/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Madhya Pradesh, Poverty, Anuppur (D)
Poverty

Act on misuse' of MNREGA funds, Supreme Court tells Centre

J. Venkatesan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed anguish over misuse of funds allocated to States under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and indicated that it would ask the Centre to hold an inquiry in this regard.

Chief Justice S.H.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Supreme Court, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Poverty

Diversion of NREGA funds: SC to make Orissa an example

New Delhi: Livid at the allegation of diversion of funds sent by the Centre to states for NREGA-mandated schemes, the Supreme Court on Monday warned to make an example out of Orissa to force other defaulting states to fall in line.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Orissa (Odisha), Supreme Court, Poverty

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