Although the present analysis raises some concerns about the mistargeting of Employment Guarantee Scheme and, in this context, about the design and implementation of this scheme, the presumption that such public support makes the poor perpetually dependent on it seems somewhat exaggerated, if...

This analysis of chronically poor in rural India is based on a panel survey of households, called ARIS (Additional Rural Income Survey), which was carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research. This survey contains data on a panel of 4118 rural households from the whole of...

The Planning Commission of India estimated a sharp reduction of poverty in the country during the early 1980s, which is attributed largely to the poverty alleviation strategy during the Sixth Plan. Specifically, it was claimed that the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was...