Pradeep Kumar Tripathi

Assessing the Contribution of MGNREGA toward SDG-5 and SDG-8: Women’s Empowerment and Decent Work in Rural India

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted in 2005, remains the world’s largest rights-based public employment programme and a central instrument of India’s rural livelihood architecture. While its income and employment effects are extensively documented, its contribution to the Susta...