Using official data this paper evaluates India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) according to four … criteria a) average number of days of employment per household, b) percentage of households completing 100 days of employment … across all four criteria has been disappointing and, except for percentage of households completing 100 days of employment …

Using Census and NSS data this paper studies the evolution of Gender Bias (GB) in the age group 0–6 in India and its … until 2026. The paper also demonstrates that there are wide variations in GB across various states, even districts, of India …

relation to household poverty status in India as evidenced by our analysis of Census data (1951–2001) and those from NSS … over the last three censuses of India there is considerable variation by space, by poverty status and by education of women … bias in education and argue that for approximately half of India's children the Right to Education Act must involve …

such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …

Using a unique panel data for rural India for the periods 1999 and 2006 this paper models vulnerability to poverty. We … quantify household vulnerability in rural India in 1999 and 2006, investigate the determinants of ex post poverty as well as ex … policy variables which can be targeted to reduce the incidence of vulnerability in rural India. …

The workfare scheme the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and the direct food subsidy program the … Targeted Public Distribution Scheme (TPDS) represent two alternative social safety nets instituted in India as anti …

its components on a unique data set this paper demonstrates that in rural India household vulnerability is most explained …

Engel curve shifted down-especially in rural India- over the period 1993–2004. The puzzle for the longer period analysed by …

Using household level data this paper provides systematic evidence on the employment impact of the National Rural … Employment Guarantee Scheme in three Indian states: Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. We model this as a two stage … number of significant insights into the employment impact of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are obtained. …