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Title: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE: A SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK
Authors: Saswat Kishore Mishra, PhD , Madhusmita Dash, PhD and Pradeep Kumar Sahoo, PhD
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Saswat Kishore Mishra, PhD1 , Madhusmita Dash, PhD2 and Pradeep Kumar Sahoo, PhD3 1. Assistant Professor, Dr. Kakarla Subba Rao Centre for Health Care Management, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Bella Vista Campus, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad – 500 082, Telangana. 2. Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT BBS), Argul, Khordha – 752 050, Odisha . 3 Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Studies on Tribal and Marginalized Communities, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar – 751004, Odisha
MLA 8 Mishra, Saswat Kishore, et al. "EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE: A SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 7, July 2022, pp. 2161-2177, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.029. Accessed July 2022. APA 6 Mishra, S., Dash, M., & Sahoo, P. (2022, July). EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE: A SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(7), 2161-2177. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.029 Chicago Mishra, Saswat Kishore, Madhusmita Dash, and Pradeep Kumar Sahoo. "EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA’S CLIMATE CHANGE: A SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 7 (July 2022), 2161-2177. Accessed July, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i07.029.
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ABSTRACT: The contributions of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) programme towards livelihood security and creation of durable assets have been well recognized over time. While the contribution of the scheme towards poverty reduction and job creation is well authenticated, studies that have attempted to systematically examine the impact of natural resource management (NRM) assets created under MGNREGA in the context of climate vulnerable regions are either scanty or lack a comprehensive evaluation framework. The present study aims to fill in this gap by documenting the overall performance of MGNREGA programme at macro level and demonstrates how NRM works can make rural households resilient towards climate shocks through the Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA). It is found that the combined share of socially marginalized communities – schedule caste (SC) and schedule tribe (ST) – have declined between the periods 2014-16 and 2017-19. While women participation share at the national level has generally been high in MGNREGA ever since its inception, it has slightly declined over the period under study. Further, the average increase in the MGNREGA wage rates across the country for the financial year 2022-23 is a merely 4.25%. The study delineates a holistic, asset-based Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) framework for understanding poverty and the means to reduce it five types of assets/capitals. Later, the paper provides a set of suggested measures. In order to build adaptive capacities at the micro level, essential community centric planning and more independent studies and surveys are required that can quantify the scheme’s adaptation to climate risks while creating NRM assets. Frequent conduction of training and awareness programmes on gender equality and women’s rights in MGNREGA is imperative to fetch positive gender outcomes at the micro level. A substantial increase in the MGNREGA wage is essential to boost rural expenditure and aggregate demand in the economy. In order to deliver lasting development outcomes, policymakers must integrate MGNREGA with disaster management plans in order to address the multifaceted risks posed by escalating climate change risks.

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