Mgnrega: Employment, Wages and Migration in Rural India

by Dipanwita Chakraborty and Parmod Kumar

Book Overview

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted in India with the multiple objectives of providing employment in a rights-based framework, addressing rural poverty, checking migration, and building rural infrastructure. As such, every year around 15-20 per cent of households in India overall and 30 per cent in rural India receive some form of employment share under the MGNREGA programme.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113848850X
• ISBN13: 9781138488502
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"