What does demand for rural labor indicate about the state of the rural economy?
In the ongoing series on tracking the agro-rural economy, we've so far covered:
In this article, we move to yet another important economic input: labor.
MNREGA The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, is a national scheme that ensures minimum 100 days of employment for people in the rural areas at a fixed wage. The scheme has been a huge success and in times of an economic downturn, the current government has relied on the MNREGA to address rural distress.
Read our blog on how the current government relied on the scheme that it once criticised: A bane in 2014, now a boon?