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1000609 Amrita School of Business Roles of Policies and
Regulations
Role of NREGA in Replenishing CPRs and Livestock based
Livelihoods: A Study in
Bundelkhand Region
NIKHIL CHANDALIA *, VARUN ULLATTIL, Dr. AMALENDU JYOTISHI
Abstract
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was passed with
a mission to put up a floor to
poverty in the rural India thereby providing an opportunity to
make jobs work for rural development.
It was also foreseen as a tool for ecological replenishment.
Projects falling under the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act usually targeted towards creating
productive assets like water
conservation structures, land levelling, tree plantation etc.,
which are used for replenishing common
pool resources like land, water, forest, livestock etc. Even
with the positive intend of the programme,
it is not spared from allegations and criticisms. There have
been reports that found out poor
implementation in some states. There have been reports which
suggest that people are moving away
from their primary livelihood activity like agriculture because
of NREGA.
Considering all these aspects, in the present paper, we are
briefly analyzing the overall scenario of
NREGA in the dry lands of the Bundelkhand Region (which
constitutes a portion of two Indian states
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh), its role in replenishing
Common Pool Resources (CPRs) and its
significance in sustaining livestock based livelihoods of
dry-lands of India. In this paper, thus, we
attempt to bring out an interrelation between NREGA
implementation and the various facets covered
like livelihood issues, status of CPRs, livestock etc. These
issues are synthesized considering the
macro aspects of the NREGA convergence with the other
establishments and the gaps within as well
as its role in replenishing CPRs.
Keywords: NREGA, CPRs, Sustainability, Livelihood, Livestock,
Bundelkhand.
JEL Classification: Q01, Q28, J43.
* Student at Amrita School of Business, Kasavanahalli,
Carmelaram PO, Bangalore - 560035, Email id:
[email protected] Student at Amrita School of Business,
Kasavanahalli, Carmelaram PO, Bangalore - 560035,
Email id: [email protected] Associate Professor Amrita School
of Business, Kasavanahalli, Carmelaram PO, Bangalore - 560035,
Email id: [email protected]
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Role of NREGA in Replenishing CPRs and Livestock based
Livelihoods: A Study in
Bundelkhand Region
NIKHIL CHANDALIA, VARUN ULLATTIL, Dr. AMALENDU JYOTISHI
1. Introduction
Bundelkhand is a part of India which has immense historical
importance. Traditionally considered to
be culturally rich, has lost its much talked about sheen in the
recent past. The situation has changed so
drastically in the last five to six years that people in this
region find it difficult to have adequate
drinking water. It is a mere coincidence that the implementation
of NREGA and draught in the region
started roughly about the same time. In our quest to find out
the importance and the need of NREGA
in rejuvenating the Common Pool Resources, we could not have
selected a better region for a study
The study examines the contribution of NREGA towards improving
the productivity of Common Pool
Resources (CPR) and its significance on livestock economy. The
secondary data collected gave us the
hint of the diversity amongst the various districts. The
diversity in terms of forest cover, livestock,
groundwater levels, rivers, altitude of land above sea level,
cropping patterns, cropping intensity, land
usage, land ownership, castes residing in different districts,
occupations, population, population
density and other demographic differences. The diversification
in the already mentioned aspects gives
the NREGA implementers enough reasons to customize and tweak the
no. of activities and type of
activities that needs to be done in the various districts
2. Linkages of NREGA, CPR and Livestock: A Review of
Literature
Common pool resources are defined in the Indian context as
non-exclusive resources to which the
rights of use are distributed among a number of owners. These
co-owners are generally identified by
their membership of some other group such as a village or a
tribe or a particular community (K
Chopra 2002). Most micro-studies on use and access of common
pool resources in India have adopted
This section is based on the data collected from 2002 BPL Survey
data, District-wise Basic Data Sheets of Census 2001,
Female data from Census of India 2001, State-wise abstract of
information from village schedule in Minor Irrigation Census
2000-2001, District-wise Land Use Statistics, Directorate of
Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, May 2008,
District-wise Land Use Statistics, Union Ministry of
Agriculture, May 2008, Wastelands Atlas of India, 2005,
Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development,
GOI, Agriculture Census Input Survey 2001-02, Ministry of
Agriculture, GOI, District-wise Land Use Statistics, Ministry
of
Agriculture, GOI India, May 2008, District-wise Land Use
Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, May 2008, State of
Forest Report 2005, Forest Survey of India, Union Ministry of
Environment & Forests, Livestock Census of India 2003.
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this as a broad working definition. Common pool resources thus
include community pastures and
forests, wastelands, common dumping and threshing grounds,
watershed drainages, village ponds,
rivers and other common pool water bodies. Apart from these,
there are systems of customary rights
which support traditional practices, and thereby represent
common rights on private property in
certain situations such as when private land is lying fallow in
between crop rotation cycles.
The confusion over the literature definition of CPR has lead
many researchers to analyze the situation
under which a particular resource government system is likely to
yield positive or negative results in
terms of an efficient, equitable and sustainable use of
resources (Marothia 2002)
There is a lot of mismatch in the expected and the actual
achievement of the various developmental
programmes, and one of the major reasons is the failure of the
planners to integrate ecological,
economic and social factors in the development policy and
planning on one hand and Lack of
appreciation of property rights dimensions of CPR type of
resources (Singh 2002)
CPRs play an important role in Indias rural economy as a source
of sustenance and income to
millions of the rural poor (Singh 2002). (Jodha 2002) study
shows substantial dependence of poor on
CPR resources. He also suggested that depletion or degradation
of this type of resources adversely
affect the poor especially from used area. In this output a
study relating to role of NREGA in
replenishing CPR type of resources will be meaningful.
The diversity in terms of forest cover, livestock, ground-water
levels, rivers, altitude of land above sea
level, cropping patterns, cropping intensity, land usage and
ownership, castes residing in different
districts, occupations, population, population density and other
demographic differences therefore a
one blanket approach to link NREGA with CPR may not be that
appropriate.
According to Nadkarnis (2002) study There is a tendency for the
commons**
to degrade or decline
in the course of economic development, though there ecological
functions increase in importance,
requiring their conservation. This decline can hit the poor
badly as they depend for their survival on
them; yet, their revival need not automatically benefit the poor
more since the non-poor may corner
more benefits from the commons in absolute terms (if not in
relative terms) (pp.88). Such findings
direct our attention not only towards meeting the dual
objectives of conservation and development but
also the need for consideration of the poor whom the
conservation activity hits badly and economic
development bypasses. This again requires institutional
arrangements, which can ensure enhancement
of welfare of the poor.
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According to Rais (2010) study, th
guarantee of corruption, unemploym
only regular feature in Bundelkhand
As mentioned earlier, the different
difference should be on the basis o
based on the availability of the natu
experience the activities done unde
research.
3. Objectives of the Study
The broader objective of the study i
While the specific objectives includ
1. To determine the role of NR
2. Understand the linkages bet
3. Recommendations and sugg
have positive implication on
4. Methodology and Conceptu
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the implementation of NREGA in Bundekhand, the
yment, poverty, hunger and humiliation. Irregularities
nd region of Uttar Pradesh.
nt regions of Bundelkhand require different type of
of the socio economic and demographic factors. It s
natural resources. To validate the logic, see the grou
der NREGA in the various villages, we felt the need
Study
y is to identify the links between NREGA with CPR
ude
REGA in livelihood enhancement
etween NREGA and CPR
ggestions to improve the NREGA implementation pr
on CPR and livestock based livelihood
onceptual Framework
here has been a
ies have been the
of projects. The
It should also be
ound reality and
ed to do primary
and Livestock.
process that will
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Fig1: Conceptual Framework
The above figure gives the conceptual framework indicating the
linkages of NREGA and its
convergence initiatives its impact on CPR based livelihood and
the underlying impact on the
livestock. The framework intends to highlight an ideal situation
where the man power supplied by
NREGA and the technical and financial support provided by the
converging bodies for projects
intended to improve in agricultural productivity, improve the
deteriorating livestock count and also
providing a sustainable livelihood option.
The study will be conducted through secondary research and
primary research method. Secondary
Research will consist of understanding the dynamics of the
Bundelkhand region. Both area and
productivity issues of CPRs and its significance on livestock
economy will be analysed using primary
data mainly through focus group interviews, personal interviews
and observations. The role of
NREGA in the management practices of CPRs and peoples dependency
on CPRs for their subsistence
and livelihoods also will be analysed using primary data. In
short the study is going to address the
above said objectives in arid and semi-arid tracts of the
region. Primary research included a transit
walk in the villages of Bundelkhand Region that involved focus
group discussions with the villagers,
personal Interviews of the Bank manager, sarpanch or pradhan,
district and block level officials and
also interactions with the NGOs. For rural appraisal, two
districts were selected each from Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh parts of Bundelkhand. Two blocks were
identified in each of the
districts. Two to four villages were selected in each of the
blocks based on the geographic and
demographic diversity. In our endeavour to get the right data we
basically selected villages where
some or the other NREGA activities have happened. We visited a
few sites where the work was in
progress. This study was undertaken for the Centre of Economics
and Social Sciences, Hyderabad, to
provide feedback regarding various issues relating to NREGA.
This particular study was focused on
Lalitpur and Jalaun Districts in Uttar Pradesh, and Tikamgarh
and Chattarpur districts in Madhya
Pradesh. The surveys were done in the following locations.
The surveys are not comprehensive, but done with the purpose of
providing some insights to enable
fine-tuning of implementation if possible. The survey carried
out for the study was exploratory in
nature and there was an additional section to capture the
perceptions of the beneficiaries regarding the
NREGAs utility.
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4. Official data of the activities undertaken as part of NREGA
in 2010
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Table 1: State of activities and Expenditure incurred in the
villages which were visited
Source: www.nrega.nic.in
The above table summarizes the status of the projects and the
financials of the in the villages that
were visited in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for 2010-11. It
can be seen that most of the works
are either Work in process or suspended.
5. Impact of NREGA through Convergence with various central
and
state Government Sponsored Programmes
In this section we will be looking at the impact of projects
undertaken by NREGA in convergence
with other central and state sponsored programmes in building
sustainable livelihood options through
CPR rejuvenation. The convergence would help provide right
guidance and direction while
implementing projects through NREGA. The land, water and forest
department will be well aware of
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the technicalities so that they can provide a proper insight so
as to decide on the type of project that
would be suitable under the given conditions.
5.1 Irrigation Support Initiatives
There exists a gap between irrigation potential and resource
utilization. Many irrigation projects
which we saw during our field visit were either not constructed
properly or hasnt been utilized
optimally. This is one of the reasons for low irrigation
efficiency at project level, which in turn results
in low productivity. NREGA works like the canal plantation,
field channel construction, land shaping,
dug wells are complementary to the works under Water resources
ministry which provides technical
assistance. Some of the works were not satisfactory; the canal
plantation programmes which failed
because of lack of maintenance post project, some of the field
channels dug in order to meet irrigation
requirement did not sustain because of lack of pucca
component(material) due to which the canals
built gets damaged or washed off.
It is seen in most villages we visited that the villagers mainly
asked for projects that show immediate
results Kapildhara is one such scheme which works on irrigation
through wells. Banks provide
financial support to the beneficiaries; the financial support
provided is for purchasing irrigation tools
like motor pumps etc. This has helped in increasing the
agriculture produce. Some such projects
however have not benefitted to the extent it was expected to.
Reasons mainly range from lack of
technical knowledge to lack of logic while sanctioning such
projects, add to that less than average
rainfall in the last few years has lead to an increase in the
magnitude of the problems. The
Sahastradhara scheme of NREGA is a convergence initiative of
NREGA in association with the
Water Resources Department (WRD); the Kacha work (Earth Work) is
funded through NREGA while
the technical support, material and labour requirements are
funded by WRD for improving the area
under irrigation through construction of irrigation canals. This
was seen in Talbehat block of Lalitpur
in Uttar Pradesh where the work was going. Efficient
implementation of such schemes would help
upscale the works undertaken and thereby create long lasting
sustainable assets.
5.2 Sericulture Initiatives
Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has selected thirteen
districts from Uttar Pradesh (UP) to
conduct a pilot run of this initiative, out of which seven fall
under Bundelkhand region which are
Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Jhansi.
In Lalitpur a farm of 15 acres has
been taken up under sericulture through NREGA and about 35 acres
is being developed by funds from
department itself. This is to mobilise farmers towards taking up
sericulture as a livelihood activity,
this is highly remunerative as the demand for silk as a raw
material in the Textile industry I always
high. The land used for Sericulture was a waste land which was
left un-used by the irrigation
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department for quite a long time. The land was retrieved through
levelling process which was then
processed using Vermicompost and made compatible for farming
through NREGA. The progress of
this project and the projects in line has pushed the demand for
Arjun Plants. This has led to setting up
of a plant nursery solely for this purpose. Self Help Groups
have a major role to play in the
implementation of such projects.
5.3 Plantation Initiatives
Convergence between NREGA and National Afforestation Programme
is mutually beneficial.
Ministry of Environment and Forests has the task of achieving
one third of the land area under forest
and tree plantation as envisaged in the National Forest Policy,
1988. Achieving this is a humungous
task because of the amount of man power required. NREGA has the
potential to suffice the manpower
requirements. The forest fringe areas and common pool forests
can be developed on watershed
approach in a holistic manner. Such an integrated approach will
benefit NREGA leading to better
quality, planning and selection of activities capable of
generating sustainable employment.
Afforestation has been taken up on large scale in Bundelkhand.
Many barren areas bear the fruits of
hard work put in by NREGA workers. Resources for the project are
pooled in from three different
sources, i.e. Departmental Budget, State Budget and NREGA.
Forest Programmes have failed in most of the villages visited.
The reasons range from lack of
maintenance to low rainfall to the lack of ownership among the
villagers.
5.4 The Jatropha Effect
Another interesting convergence that has been taken up in Uttar
Pradesh is of Jatropha plantation,
which intends to make use of barren land so that some benefits
can be derived from it in the form of
Biodiesel. This Biodiesel obtained from Jatropha is a low cost
substitute to conventional diesel and is
almost 95% as efficient as the conventional diesel; Biodiesel
emits 30% less CO2 compared to
conventional diesel. Biodiesel thus obtained helps suffice the
energy requirement of the nearby
villages. The Gram Panchayat is given the task of identifying
the barren land. Land Management
Committee acts as a monitor as well as the evaluator for such
projects. Technical support is provided
by BREL while the finance is done by NREGA. However, according
to a BDO (Block Development
officer), the project is still on hold because of the fear that
promotion of biodiesel would lead to
shortages in food supplies which would in turn prove to be an
obstacle in governments effort on /
5.5 The Mentha (mint) Effect
In a few villages in Jalaun district, we found acres of Mentha
(Mint) plantation. Mentha is a highly
profitable agricultural alternative and it is usually the elite
class who carry out Mentha plantation.
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Mentha cultivation requires a lot of water that has lead to
heavy decline in the underground water
table level in these regions causing many wells to have gone
dry.
6. Dependence on Common Pool Resources
6.1 Dependence on Common Pool Water Resources
Table 2: Common Pool Water Resources Usage
Source: Through field visit observations
The table above shows the extent of water usage of common pool
water resources for various reasons
such as irrigation, livestock rearing, household enterprise and
fishing. In most of the villages the
dependence on common pool water resources is high for irrigation
and household enterprise in the
surveyed villages. Livestock rearing the dependency varied
erratically from villages. While the
dependency on fishing is very low owing to low rainfall and
drying up of the water resources in
summer.
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6.2 Dependency of livestock on Common Pool Resources
Table 3: Level of dependency on CPR and Livestock as a source of
revenue
Source: Through field visit observations
The above table intends to bring out the dependency of livestock
rearing on CPRs; from the table the
yess represents the dependency of livestock rearing on various
dimensions like possessing livestock,
collecting fodder, grazing and fodder cultivation. From our
study we observed that both in MP and
UP the villages followed a similar trend in possessing
livestock. But when it comes to fodder
collection the UP districts are very dependent on CPRs while in
MP it is relatively low similar is the
case with grazing. In MP many of the villages we visited were on
a higher altitude where the grazing
area was quite low while in UP dependency on CPRs for
cultivation was relatively high. Fodder
cultivation followed similar trends in both the states.
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6.3 Dependence on Common Pool Land Resources
Table 4: Dependence of Common Property Land Resources
Source: Through field visit observations
The metrics high, medium and low are taken on a relative basis
between each other. The common
pool land resources here are basically categorised into
community pastures/ grazing land and village
forests / woodlots. There is another category that includes all
the government land and reserve forests
which we have not taken into consideration here. Community
pastures/ grazing land and Village
forests/ woodlots are more in the pilot districts of Uttar
Pradesh when compared to the pilot districts
of Madhya Pradesh.
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7. Results and Analysis
7.1 Problems faced at all levels
The Implementation of NREGA is a major problem in rejuvenation
of CPR in this region. In this
section we will discuss the first hand information collected on
the problems of NREGA and its
implementation.
Table 5: A snapshot of the kind of problems faced by the Common
Man and the Pradhan/Sarpanch
Source: Through field visit observations Note: Xs denote the
presence of the problem in the village it is marked against, Green
coloured rows is
intended to highlight the absence of any adversities related to
NREGA in the respective villages
We had a discussion with the manager of one of the most
prominent banks in India, who wished to
not be quoted. According to him shortage of staff is one of the
major bottlenecks faced by the bank
Another bottleneck is dearth of coordination between the work
allocation body which is the central
government and the monitoring body which is the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI). Issue of ATM cards
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to the Job Card holders is not a viable solution according to
the manager since many of the
beneficiaries are illiterates who may not be able to use the
ATM. This increases chances of misuse.
APO (Assistant Program Officer) in Talbehat explicitly mentioned
that implementation of the
program is being affected by the laid back attitude of the
beneficiaries. The government seems to be
too lenient says the APO. According to the APO, local politics
also plays a spoilsport sometimes.
APO goes ahead and states that lack of awareness and low
literacy levels is a hindrance to the
possibility of sustainable development through NREGA. Some of
the clauses like the one that states
that 60% of the total estimated cost to be allocated to labour
and 40% to material should be
discontinued as it affect the quality of the project. He, along
with the PD office staff, BDO, Madhopur
and many others, were vocal about problems created due to
inadequate bank staff, payment delay
caused in the current system and the problems faced due of
Neelgais and wild pigs. BDO Madhopur,
however has a unique take on the problems, which ranges from the
rate of soil depreciation to the lack
of technical knowhow on part of the technicians, he also spoke
about the quality of soil in the region
and said that the soil in this region is fractured, so whenever
water comes during rainfall, it also
goes inside faster compared to other type of soil like clay soil
etc., hence it is difficult for the water to
go through streams. Lack of inter department coordination and
calibration has resulted in the long
term loss of many projects which were expected to give great
returns.
7.2 Suggested remedial measures from stakeholders
One of the pradhans suggested that the panchayat heads should be
appointed on a fixed salary and
also given incentives like travel allowance etc. This will help
in keeping the pradhans away from
indulging in corrupt activities. He also suggested that revision
of budget should take less time to get
processed. Scientific analysis before the commencement should be
religiously carried out and
awareness be created of the work allowed under NREGA. He felt
that Poultry farming needs to be
attached under NREGA as its maintenance cost is low and has the
potential to be a sustainable
revenue generating source for the people. Even the pradhans felt
the need to change the 60-40 ratio to
at least 50-50. Some also suggested that the no. of workdays be
increased from 100 to at least 200.
Suggestions on the lines of assistance in maintaining the plants
that have been planted under the
afforestation scheme of NREGA; as maintenance of plants is not
an easy affair. He also states that a
rule needs to be passed which mentions compulsory six days of
labour per person in order to avoid
half done works. In terms of the organizational convergence in
the projects covered under NREGA,
there were two views given, one was to reduce the convergence to
as less as possible, the other was to
converge everything under NREGA. Both the views however, will
lead to the similar results.
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7. Intertwining NREGA, CPR and Livestock: A Discussion
Proper implementation of NREGA can help rejuvenate Common Pool
Resources (CPR) to a major
extent. As we know that one of NREGAs goal is that it acts as a
growth engine for sustainable
development of an agricultural economy. This is done through the
process of providing employment
on works that address causes of chronic poverty such as drought,
deforestation and soil erosion, the
Act seeks to strengthen the natural resource base of rural
livelihood and create durable assets in rural
areas. If the scheme is not implemented correctly the purpose of
the act is not met. As we visited
many villages, the importance of NREGA on the livelihood became
more and more important.
First and foremost, the payment needs to be faster. Speed of
payment will directly impact the interest
levels among the potential beneficiaries. In order to make the
payment faster, we suggest the
following:
1. Have one Kiosk in each Gram Panchayat. Extra cost incurred
will be compensated by more
and more people being satisfied by the payment procedure,
resulting in better quality which
will lead to sustainable growth and development.
2. Have a separate NREGA Bank, in each block. This will help in
reducing the burden on some
of the other national banks currently responsible for NREGA
related payments.
3. Have one person responsible from each panchayat, who looks
after the payment related
aspects. This person will help the locals to fill in the form
and he will submit the form
himself. This will help only if a separate counter is made for
NREGA related transactions in
each bank branch. Separate staff should be appointed by the
government, who will be taking
care of NREGA related transactions. This will also help in
negating all the troubles caused
due to illiteracy at an administrative level
Secondly, the Labour Material cost allocation ratio should be
50: 50 instead of 60: 40 this will reduce
the problems faced by the authorities while allocating funds for
a particular work.
Thirdly, either converge all the schemes under NREGA and call it
one or let NREGA be one separate
scheme whose successful implementation does not depend on other
schemes. This will help in
increasing the ownership of the work done under NREGA, increased
ownership will result in
individuals taking more responsibility. This will improve the
overall efficiency and productivity
Fourthly, having regular awareness programmes will help in
spreading the awareness about the
various schemes under NREGA, the advantages, the benefits, the
facilities to be provided at the work
sites etc. The Pradhan (Panchayat President) should be appointed
on salary. This will help reduce
corruption at this level. Poultry farming can be added in the
list of schemes as it is low on
maintenance and does not require lot of grazing lands.
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The no. of guaranteed days should increase to 200 in order to
meet the requirements of the people
who want to work. Some additional benefits can be given to the
Job card holders who have consistent
and appreciable records of work. Moreover the work done should
determine the allocation of funds,
not the no. of days worked. This will increase the efficiency
levels.
Training should be provided to all the stakeholders of NREGA
about the implementation and also the
responsibilities associated with it. Publications in the form of
handbooks and also postings on the
internet will help address the problem of unavailability of
authentic information which will be
acceptable to all.
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Further Readings
Amir, Hasan (1972) in The Kols of Patha, Kitab Mahal,
Allahabad.
Deshingkar, Priya and Farrington, John (2006), 'Rural Labour
Markets and Migration in South Asia: Evidence
from India and Bangladesh', in World Development Report 2008:
Agriculture for Development,
Overseas Development Institute, London.
Bassi, Nitin and Kumar, M. Dinesh 2010 in NREGA rural water
management in India: Improving the welfare
Effects.
Parmarth Swayamsevi Sansthan, in Study and Effects of Mentha
Farming in Bundelkhand, Centre for
Contemporary Studies and Research, Lucknow.
Rai, Parshuram 2010, Dalits of Bundelkhand: Living with Hunger
and Dying of NREGA Mafia, Centre for
Environment and Food Security, Delhi.
Mahapatra, Richard with Sakhuja, Neha, with Das, Sandip and
Singh, Supriya 2008 in The National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) Opportunities and Challenges,
Centre for Science and
Environment, New Delhi.
Inter Ministerial Central Teams Report on Draught Migration
Strategy for Bundelkhand region of Uttar
Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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Guidelines on Convergence with NREGA, Department of Rural
Development, Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India.
Agrawal, Arun (2003) in Sustainable Governance of Common-Pool
Resources: Context, Method and Politics,
Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal,
Canada.
Concept Note for Project on Development of Bundelkhand Area
(Silvi-Pasture Model of treatment of
forest Land), Forest Department, Government of Madhya
Pradesh.
Guest Column by Jha, R with Gaiha, R and Shankar, S, on NREGA:
An Employment Mirage.
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