This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of scheduled caste (SC) and …

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 …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

of methodological approaches - factor content, growth accounting and econometric modelling. We also compare India …

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 …