00763pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001400040245005100054260000900105300001600114362001100130520044200141650001200583773003400595180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRao, V.M.  aMaking safety nets effective for hardcore poor  c2007  ap.3397-403.  a18 Aug  aSafety nets to support the hardcore poor form the foundation of the strategy for poverty elimination. This paper brings out the alarming state of the existing safety nets and describes a decentralised approach to make them more effective. The approach is in the nature of extension of the decentralised mode being used by National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme to provide employment guarantee to unskilled labourers. - Reproduced.  aPoverty  aEconomic and Political Weekly