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MGNREGA and Poverty

MGNREGA and Poverty  Based on the consumption expenditure numbers of National Statistical Office (NSO) report, rural poverty in India went up by 4 percentage between 2011-12 and 2017-18 to 30 percent. In the case of urban poverty, there was a drop seen of 9 percentage at the same time. Although the urban poverty drop is sharper than the increase in rural poverty, ov…