Abstract: Rural poverty eradication measures have been the part and parcel of national planning and have constituted the intellectual discourse since independence. Numbers of rural development programmes have been implemented to eradicate poverty. But, the overall eradication of poverty has generated varied impacts. It has been often felt that programmes have become important instruments in the development of strategies for alleviating poverty and hunger in many developing countries. This concept has been well recognized for a long time. It has been argued that even if land reforms are carried out successfully and the beneficiaries are provided with access to credit and modern agricultural inputs, a large fraction of the rural poor communities in a densely populated agrarian economy will remain unaffected because there is no surplus land to distribute among them. Furthermore, the potential beneficiaries may find that the income derived from cultivation of small plots falls short of subsistence requirements. Most of rural poor without access to land are forced to rely primarily on agriculture employment with long seasonal spells of inactivity. In such a scenario, rural public works have potentially significant role to play in poverty alleviation. Among which the MNREGA is one.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-15
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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