Mishra, Srijit; Panda, Manoj - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
Maharashtra is among the richest states in India in terms of per capita income, yet incidence of poverty in the state … remains close to the national average. The states economy grew at a faster rate than the all-India average during 1980-1 to … other states at similar mean income. The much talked about Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme (MEGS) has had limited …