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Income and livelihood promotion through individual assets under MGNREGS

Pankaj, A. and Bhattacharya, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-0317 (2022) Income and livelihood promotion through individual assets under MGNREGS. Economic and Political Weekly, 57 (4). ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract/Summary

The potentialities of individual assets, created under Category-B of the Schedule-I of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, for enhancing income of rural households and increasing productivity of land and agriculture is examined. The beneficiaries of individual assets gained through the creation of new sources of livelihoods, additional utility of their existing assets and a rise in their income levels. The community also gained by increase in food security through the enhanced productivity of land and agriculture, mainly through increase in crop acreage, yields per acre, and crop diversification. However, a proactive selection of landless households and diversification of individual assets is required to make the benefits of assets creation inclusive.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
ID Code:102955
Publisher:Sameeksha Trust

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