Effectiveness of MGNREGS in COVID-19 Lockdown of 2020: A Case of Selected Villages of Palghar District, Maharashtra
Sripad Atri,
Sansiddho Maity,
Aditya Namburi
et al.
Abstract:The national lockdown of 2020 implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the national spotlight because of its position as the support system for the nation's most vulnerable. Its effectiveness is imperative to dampen the impact of the lockdown, such as unemployment and reverse labour migration. Contextually, existing literature details the successes and failures of MGNREGS across districts in India in a pre-lockdown time fram… Show more
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