皇冠体育app Impacts of Linking UID to NREGA Wage Payments: A Study of Maharashtra. IGC Policy Brief

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2013
Country:
India
Document Type:
Briefing
皇冠体育appme:
Economic Growth
First published:
1 January 2013
Authors:
Anderson, S., Ashok Kotwal, Ashwini Kulkarni and Bharat Ramaswami

Abstract

皇冠体育app National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is the second largest poverty alleviation programme by the Indian central government and the largest public employment programme in the developing world. NREGA operates in rural areas and gives individuals the right to 鈥榙emand鈥� work. This study attempts to examine whether the delivery of NREGA can be improved through the use of unique biometric identification (UID) to authenticate transactions and reduce corruption.

Citation

Anderson, S.; Ashok Kotwal; Ashwini Kulkarni; Bharat Ramaswami. 皇冠体育app Impacts of Linking UID to NREGA Wage Payments: A Study of Maharashtra. IGC Policy Brief. International Growth Centre (IGC), London, UK (2013) 9 pp.

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