Sathyapalan, Jyothis
Recasting rural employment: What the budget signals beyond allocation - Economic & Political Weekly - 61(15), Apr 11, 2026: p.19-22
By consolidating rural employment expenditure into a centrally planned flagship programme—the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)—the budget moves away from a demand-responsive employment guarantee towards a normatively planned and fiscally capped framework. Such a shift redefines how employment risk is managed, weakening the countercyclical and insurance functions of public employment and transferring residual labour risk from the state to rural households.-Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/15/budget-2026-27/recasting-rural-employment.html
Recasting rural employment: What the budget signals beyond allocation - Economic & Political Weekly - 61(15), Apr 11, 2026: p.19-22
By consolidating rural employment expenditure into a centrally planned flagship programme—the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)—the budget moves away from a demand-responsive employment guarantee towards a normatively planned and fiscally capped framework. Such a shift redefines how employment risk is managed, weakening the countercyclical and insurance functions of public employment and transferring residual labour risk from the state to rural households.-Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/15/budget-2026-27/recasting-rural-employment.html