This paper examines the reasons for farmer suicides in India. Inability to get the right price, crop failures, and insurmountable debt are the factors that may drive the farmers to take this extreme step. A key factor for farmers being unable to get market prices is inefficient agriculture...

This paper examines the Workers' Level Schedule data from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA, 2005) evaluation study, India. The data help us draw insights on the efficacy of implementation of the Act in 12 states of India on the basis of responses of rural...