The Political Economy of Implementing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Evaluating National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India: A Dynamic Rural Survey Method Using Mobile Phones

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janani Rangarajan ◽  
Rajesh Kumar ◽  
Sriram Narayanamurthy ◽  
Suma Prashant ◽  
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1361-1376
Author(s):  
Malik Altaf Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at both household and individual level. My results show that there is no discrimination in provision of employment to backward classes. Out of all the Indian States, J&K has lowest female participation in the scheme. My results show that women are discriminated against in provision of employment. Worksite facilities, like creche, can positively affect female participation in the scheme. Design/methodology/approach The author uses multi-variate OLS regression model to analyse the data collected through primary survey of three heterogenous villages of district Ganderbal of J&K. Findings The author finds clear evidence of discrimination against females in provision of employment along with slight evidence of elite capture of the scheme. The author also finds negative relationship between the number of children in a household and the number of workdays which highlights the importance of worksite facilities to increase female and overall participation for the scheme to be successful. Research limitations/implications The possible limitation could be small sample size but given that this is the first study of its kind in the J&K State, researchers can build up on it. Originality/value This is one of the first research papers which looks at the performance of MGNREGS in J&K in such detail. No comprehensive study of this magnitude and rigour has been undertaken in J&K till now.

scholarly journals Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee: The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Sheahan ◽  
Yanyan Liu ◽  
Christopher B. Barrett ◽  
Sudha Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
The Political ◽  
Employment Guarantee

State Capacity and Welfare Politics in India: Implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Undivided Andhra Pradesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Mukherji ◽  
Seyed Hossein Zarhani ◽  
K. Raju
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
The State ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Path Dependent ◽  
The Right ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

This article argues that the Indian state can develop the capacity to deliver economic rights in a citizen-friendly way, despite serious challenges posed by patronage politics and clientelism. Clientelistic politics reveals why the Indian state fails to deliver the basic rights such as the right to work, health and education. We argue that the ability of the state to deliver owes a lot to bureaucratic puzzling and political powering over developmental ideas in a path-dependent way. We combine powering and puzzling within the state to argue the case for how these ideas tip after they have gained a fair amount of traction within the state. We test the powering and puzzling leading to a tipping point model on the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in undivided Andhra Pradesh (AP). How and why did undivided AP develop the capacity to make reach employment to the rural poor, when many other states failed to implement the right to work in India?

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Targeted Public Distribution Scheme in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh: Complements or Substitutes?

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raghbendra Jha ◽  
Simrit Kaur ◽  
Raghav Gaiha ◽  
Manoj K Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Distribution Scheme ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

A Development Delivery Institution for the Tribal Communities: Experience of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pulak Mishra ◽  
Bhagirath Behera ◽  
Narayan Chandra Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Rural Employment ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme
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