Right to Work and Rural India: Working of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

SECTION I Introduction 1.Guaranteeing Right to Work in Rural India: Context, Issues and Policies / Ashok K. Pankaj SECTION II MGNREGS: Alleviating Poverty through Employment Generation 2.MGNREGS: A Component of Full-employment Strategy for India / Indira Hirway 3.Interpreting the Right to Work: What Relevance for Poverty Reduction? / Gerry Rodgers 4.Which Way to Reduce Poverty: Cash Transfers or Employment Guarantee Scheme? / Diana Alarcon SECTION III Working of the MGNREGS: Regional Variations in Implementation and Impact 5.Demand and Delivery Gap: A Case for Strengthening Grass-roots Institutions in Bihar and Jharkhand / Ashok K. Pankaj 6.Working of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rajasthan: Some Grass-roots Experiences / K. N. Joshi 7.MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh: Examining the Role of State-enabled Institutions / E. Revathi Contents note continued: 8.Employment Guarantee Scheme in Punjab: A Case Study of Hoshiarpur District / Parvinder Kaur Dua SECTION IV MGNREGS and Agents of Rural Transformation 9.Assets Creation and Local Economy under MGNREGS: Scope and Challenges / Amita Shah 10.MGNREGS and its Effects on Agriculture: Exploring Linkages / T. Haque 11.MGNREGS and Indian Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges / D. Narshimha Reddy 12.Empowerment Effects of the MGNREGS on Women Workers / Rukmini Tankha SECTION V Prospects 13.Overcoming the Governance Challenges of Implementing MGNREGA? Insight from Bihar Using Process-Influence-Mapping / Eva Schiffer 14.MGNREGA and Rural Governance Reform: Growth with Inclusion through Panchayats / Pramathesh Ambasta.