) of the Government of India. We argue that a chronic friction of wage payment delay in this flagship programme could …

The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

allocation of funds for India's largest social protection programme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in … the state of West Bengal in India, and whether incumbent local governments (village councils) gain electorally in the …

what directions? We take advantage of nationwide data collected in 2010/11 and 2015/16 by India's National Sample Survey … access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …