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Politics and the right to work : India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act / Rob Jenkins and James Manor.
Contributor(s): Manor, James [author.]
.Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190686505 (ebook) :.Subject(s): India. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 | Manpower policy, Rural -- IndiaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190608309DDC classification: 331.120420954 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), passed in 2005, has been among the developing world's most ambitious anti-poverty initiatives. By 'guaranteeing' 100 days of work annually to every rural household, NREGA sought to advance the Indian constitution's commitment to securing citizens' 'right to work'. This volume is not a technical evaluation of program performance. It offers instead a detailed analysis of the politics surrounding NREGA.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), passed in 2005, has been among the developing world's most ambitious anti-poverty initiatives. By 'guaranteeing' 100 days of work annually to every rural household, NREGA sought to advance the Indian constitution's commitment to securing citizens' 'right to work'. This volume is not a technical evaluation of program performance. It offers instead a detailed analysis of the politics surrounding NREGA.
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