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3. The effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on the size of outstanding debts in rural India.

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Patwardhan, Sharvari and Tasciotti, Luca

Subjects
INCOME, DEBT, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSEHOLDS
Abstract

MGNREGA was introduced in India in 2005 with the aim to improve the livelihood of rural Indian households. In 2012-13, around 156 million rural Indian households had an outstanding personal debt; 85% of the amount of credit being disbursed was given to those households in the bottom income decile for 'non-business' related purposes. This paper uses nationally representative household data from the NSS EUS collected in 2004-05 and 2009-10 to look at the impact MGNREGA has had on the rural households' ability to repay outstanding debt. Results suggests that MGNREGA reduced the size of the outstanding debts for vulnerable households. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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5. The effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on the size of outstanding debts in rural India

Author

Patwardhan, Sharvari and Tasciotti, Luca

Subjects
Geography, Planning and Development, H1, Development
Abstract

MGNREGA was introduced in India in 2005 with the aim to improve the\ud livelihood of rural Indian households. In 2012-13, around 156 million rural\ud Indian households had an outstanding personal debt; 85% of the amount\ud of credit being disbursed was given to those households in the\ud bottom income decile for ‘non-business’ related purposes. This paper\ud uses nationally representative household data from the NSS EUS collected\ud in 2004-05 and 2009-10 to look at the impact MGNREGA has had on the\ud rural households’ ability to repay outstanding debt. Results suggests that\ud MGNREGA reduced the size of the outstanding debts for vulnerable\ud households.

Published
2022

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