Democratic Politics and Legal Rights: Employment Guarantee and Food Security in India

Published By: IEG on eSS | Published Date: September, 01 , 2013

This paper focusses on two Indian laws that seek to guarantee socioeconomic rights: the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), an important example of India’s recent history of legislation of social and economic rights, and the proposed National Food Security Act (NFSA), currently in Parliament. [IEG Working paper No. 327].

Author(s): Reetika Khera | Posted on: Oct 25, 2013 | Views(928) | Download (174)


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