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020 _a9780198070627 (hbk.)
082 _a331.12042 KHE
245 0 4 _aThe battle for employment guarantee /
_cedited by Reetika Khera.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _axix, 307 p. ;
_bmaps. ;
_c23 cm.
365 _bRS.595
505 _aTable of Contents: List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Early Days; 1. Employment Guarantee and the Right to Work; 2. NREGA: The Official Picture; Part II. Ground Realities; 3. The Battle for Employment Guarantee; 4. Women Workers and Perceptions of the NREGA; 5. CAG Report on NREGA: Facts and Fiction; 6. Wage Payments: Can We Bank on the Banks? 7. Employment Guarantee and Child Care; 8. The Group Measurement Experiment in Jalore; 9. Empowerment Guarantee Act? Part III. Contrasting Experiences; 10. Orissa: Ten Loopholes and the Silver Lining; 11. Himachal Pradesh: Assessment and Outlook; 12. Dantewada: Guarantee Withdrawn; 13. Tamil Nadu: Slow and Steady; Part IV. Trouble Spots; 14. Breaking the Nexus of Corruption; 15. Wage Payments: Live without Pay? 16. The Perils of Gandhigiri; 17. The Wages of Discontent; 18. The Accountability Gap; 19. Estimating Leakages in India's Employment Guarantee; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index.
650 0 _aManpower policy, Rural
650 0 _aRural poor
650 0 _aBasic income
700 1 _aKhera, Reetika.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011311644-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011311644-d.html
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