The recent enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been widely hailed a policy that … compensation to public work employees consistent with the objectives of (i) productive efficiency in agriculture and (ii) welfare …

India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India which was introduced by the Indian National Congress (INC). Using longitudinal data … on funds sanctioned and election results from three rounds of elections in Rajasthan, a state in India, we find an …

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

credit has still remained scarce in India. Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) working at grass-root level, having … institution. The present study examines the recovery performance of rural credit given by PACS in six different regions of India … Bank of India in collaboration with State Governments …

In a number of countries, youth unemployment is a pressing economic and political concern. In India, 54 percent of the … youth employment, the Government of India has launched a number of skills training programs. This paper deals with … participation in and the impact of one of these programs (DDUJKY) located in rural Bihar, one of India's poorest states. The …