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100			_aArumugam, Mahendran _913462
130			_aAsian Journal of Agriculture and Development _913434
245			_aDoes MGNREGS promote inclusive growth: What do evidence indicate / _cMahendran Arumugam and Indrakant Sulibhavi
300			_app. 51-72
336			_atext
337			_aunmediated
338			_avolume
440			_vvol. 14 no. 1 _x1656-4383
500			_aThe 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.
650		0	_alabor employment _913463
650		0	_awage rate _913464
650		0	_agender wage _913465
650		0	_acost-benefit analysis _913466
650		0	_amaterial components _913467
700			_aSulibhavi, Indrakant _913468
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