An analysis of the National Sample Survey data for 2009-10 confirms expectations that poorer states of India have more demand for work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. However, we find considerable unmet demand for work on the scheme in all states, and more so in the poorest ones, where the scheme is needed most. Nonetheless, the scheme is reaching the rural poor and backward classes and is attracting poor women into the workforce.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/does-india%E2%80%99s-employment-guarantee-scheme-guarantee-employment
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/puja-dutta
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rinku-murgai
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/martin-ravallion-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/undefined
