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Women workers and perceptions of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India
Reetika Khera,Nandini Nayak +1 more
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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) as mentioned in this paper guarantees rural households to 100 days of casual employment on public works at the statutory minimum wage, which includes special provisions to ensure full participation of women.Abstract:
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which
entitles rural households to 100 days of casual
employment on public works at the statutory minimum
wage, contains special provisions to ensure full
participation of women. This paper, based on fieldwork
in six states in 2008, examines the socio-economic
consequences of the NREGA for women workers. In spite
of the drawbacks in the implementation of the
legislation, significant benefits have already started
accruing to women through better access to local
employment, at minimum wages, with relatively decent
and safe work conditions. The paper also discusses
barriers to women’s participation.read more
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Footloose Labour: Working in India's Informal Economy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work and argue that their identity is shaped by both class and caste relations and nothing of significance has been achieved to improve their quality of life.
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India Working: Essays on Society and Economy
TL;DR: The character of the Indian economy and its social construction in India are discussed in detail in this paper, with a focus on gender, family businesses and business families. But the focus is on the local state and the informal economy.
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The Battle for Employment Guarantee
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the first comprehensive account of the 'battle for employment guarantee' in rural India, and provide a comparative analysis of the challenges and successes in the implementation of NREGA in different states including Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
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Guaranteeing employment to the rural poor: Social functions and class interests in the employment guarantee scheme in Western India
Ronald J. Herring,Rex M Edwards +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the scheme is a rare bird: a program which seems to be in the objective and subjective interests of the rural poor, as well as consistent with the interests of rural landed elite, despite their early political objections.
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Destitution and the Poverty of its Politics—With Special Reference to South Asia
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