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First it looks at the targeting of the programme and the characteristics of those who self select into it. The study finds
that poorer and lower caste households are more likely to register as are those affected by drought. The author also finds
that having more than five influential relatives increases the probability of registration by 10.3 percentage points. It attempts
next to estimate the impact of programme participation on the children in participating households, looking specifically at
anthropometric scores as indicators of health outcomes, and the incidence of child labour. While there seems to be a positive
correlation between programme participation and health outcomes, this does not remain robust across specifications. On the
other hand the study finds that programme registration reduces the probability of a boy entering child labour by 13.4 per cent
points and programme take up reduces it for girls by 8.19 per cent points. The author finds that the targeting efficiency of the
programme seems to be largely effective and it seems to offer a viable security net for households with variable employment
opportunities. It also seems to have an important effect on children, further strengthening the programme’s significance
Vaidya, C. S., and R. Singh, Impact of NREGA on Wage Rate, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in Himachal. Shimla:
Agro-economic Research Centre. Report submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, 2011.
Abstract: The study makes an assessment of MGNREGA with respect to the extent of employment generation, wage differentials,
rural to urban migration, asset creation, determinants of participation and implementation in five districts of Himachal
Pradesh. The main findings of the study suggested that out-migration was mainly the result of higher wages prevailing in the
nearby towns; MGNREGA enhanced food security, provided protection against extreme poverty, helped to reduce distress
migration and indebtedness and gave greater economic independence to women and purchasing power to the local economy.
In terms of work, majority of the respondents found that there were good quality assets created under MGNREGA.
Vatta, K., D. K. Grover, and T. Grover, ‘Impact of NREGA on Wage Rates, Food Security and Rural Urban Migration in
Punjab’, Report submitted to Ministry of Agriculture, Ludhiana: Agro-Economic Research Center, Punjab Agriculture
University, 2011.
Abstract: The paper makes an assessment of MGNREGA with respect to the extent of employment generation, its effect on
rural to urban migration, asset creation, determinants of participation and implementation in Punjab. Primary data was
collected from 300 households in five districts of the State where the Scheme was implemented in different phases. It was found
that family size, asset value, household income and stage of implementation of MGNREGA were significant indicators of
household participation. At the worker level age and education were not found to be significant for participation.
The wages of casual labour have increased due to an overall decline in the supply of labour to the agriculture sector. These
changes have been the reason for the significant decline in the inflow of labour into Punjab. Keeping in mind the present
number of job-seekers and their future growth, the employment opportunities under MGNREGA have to be increased by
almost 11 times in Punjab.
Verma, S., ‘Labour Markets Dynamics in Post-MGNREGS Rural India’, Unpublished note shared with the Ministry of
Rural Development, 2012.
Abstract: MGNREGS deeply influences and is, in turn, influenced by the rural farm and non-farm labour markets. In 2009–10
and then again 2010–11, IWMI deployed more than 50 masters students from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand
(IRMA) to understand how MGNREGA and village labour markets interact. The students covered 26 villages in 11 districts
of nine States in 2009 and 13 villages in 11 districts of nine states in 2010. In addition, eight IRMA students surveyed village
leaders, labourers and farmers in 75 villages from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar and Kerala. This note synthesises and summarises
the lessons from these field studies.
Verma, S., ‘Multiple Use Water Services in India: Scaling up Community-based MUS through MGNREGA’, International
Water Management Institute (IWMI), 2011.
Abstract: Data from a study of 140+ best-performing MGNREGS water assets in 75 villages across eight districts of Bihar,
Gujarat, Kerala and Rajasthan shows that, on an average, these assets were able to recover their investments in a little over a
year. We also found that MGNREGS implementation deeply influences and is, in turn, influenced by the farm and non-farm
labour markets. While the wage-benefits of MGNREGS are clear from the data on number of person-days of employment
generated, the quantification of non-wage benefits and their distribution requires deeper investigation. Wherever village
communities have taken enthusiastically to the idea of MGNREGS and where their enthusiasm has been supported by an able,
well-staffed administration and capable local governance institutions and leadership, the results have been exemplary. IWMI