In 2006, GOI launched the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (later renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA) to promote rural employment.Using government reported data, this brief reports on MGNREGAprogress along the following parameters:a) Trends in...

Launched in 2005, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is the Government of India's (GOI) largest public health programme.Using government data, this brief reports on NRHM expenditures along the following parameters: overall trends in fund allocation and expenditure: GOI and States,...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the flagship Rural Development scheme of the Government of India (GOI). Using government reported data, this brief analyses MGNREGA progress along the following parameters:a) Trends in allocations and expenditures,b) Trends...

Since October 2014, the Government of India has worked towards a goal of eliminating open defecation by 2019 through the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). In June 2014, we reported the results of a survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north India. Here, we report results from a late 2018 survey...

Since October 2014, the Government of India has worked towards a goal of eliminating open defecation by 2019 through the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). In June 2014, we reported the results of a survey of rural sanitation behaviour in north India. Here, we report results from a late 2018 survey...