Jain, Arushi Sharma, Smita and  Sharma, Dilpreet   <br/><br/>
Enhancing livelihood security of the rural households during economic downturns: An analysis of MGNREGA 

 - Economic & Political Weekly 
 - 60(17), Apr 26, 2025: p.44-50    
<br/><br/> The study investigates whether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme acts in a procyclical, countercyclical, or neutral manner in response to economic fluctuations captured by the changes in GDP. Results indicate a significant negative long-term relationship between MGNREGA work supply and GDP across all stages of variable decomposition as well as between trend-excluded and seasonally adjusted demand cycles and GDP from Q1: 2013–14 to Q2: 2022–23. – Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/17/insight/enhancing-livelihood-security-rural-households.html<br/>