01974nam a22002897a 4500 OSt 20260901103026.0 260901b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 1656-4383 DSSC Arumugam, Mahendran 13462 Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development 13434 Does MGNREGS promote inclusive growth: What do evidence indicate / Mahendran Arumugam and Indrakant Sulibhavi pp. 51-72 text unmediated volume vol. 14 no. 1 1656-4383 The Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in India seeks to provide a specified number of days of employment at a specified wage rate to interested rural households, and ensures equal wages between male and female workers. MGNREGS will benefit wage seekers directly by providing assured employment and pay, which will enhance their purchasing power; and indirectly by increasing the rural market wage rate. The nature of work of some employment opportunities under MGNREGS will likely improve the infrastructure at both community and individual levels, mostly of small-scale and marginal farmers, which is expected to improve the income levels of the poor. Using evidence from Andhra Pradesh before its bifurcation, the present study sought to determine if MGNREGS promotes inclusive growth by augmenting open-market wages, reducing gender wage differentials, increasing the proportion of Scheduled Castes among the participating households, improving the employment and income levels of wage seekers, and deriving substantial benefits compared to government expenditure on the scheme. labor employment 13463 wage rate 13464 gender wage 13465 cost-benefit analysis 13466 material components 13467 Sulibhavi, Indrakant 13468 ddc PINDEX 10168 10168 0 0 ddc 0 0 Per SPMT-CAS SPMT-CAS PER 2026-09-01 0 2026-09-01 10:30:37 2026-09-01 PINDEX