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Rural Development Through MGNREGS: A Mixed Method Approach

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  • Jaya Prakash Rath

    (School of Management, O.P. Jindal University Raigarh, India)

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This was a comprehensive study of performance of one of the flagship government program of India, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The study is supported by qualitative interviews of Odisha returnee migrant laborers during the onset of pandemic in India. The quantitative analysis included 10 states of India with varied geographic locations. An overall performance index (OPI) was designed combining other known indices to reflect the inclusive performance of the program during the period, wherein, the performance indicated an upward trend during April to July this year. A comprehensive comparison of the current period under study and same period of last five years also revealed the rise in the demand for the program in the present circumstance. Basing upon the empirical evidences, a 'policy performance based rural development facilitation model' was conceptualized. The study provides the path of rural development through effective policy implementation. This paper has significant practical implications for policy formulations. It also addressed the gap in the existing literature.

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  • Jaya Prakash Rath, 2025. "Rural Development Through MGNREGS: A Mixed Method Approach," Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, vol. 28(3), pages 35-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:boh:actaub:v:28:y:2025:i:3:p:35-62
    DOI: 10.32725/acta.2025.011
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    • A19 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Other
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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