The Crisis of Rural Employment

Episode 4

The Crisis of Rural Employment

For our fourth episode of FAS Young Scholars Corner, we spoke to Ranjini Basu, a policy researcher based out of New Delhi, about her PhD research titled Land Reforms in West Bengal and how COVID-19 has impacted MGNREGA in Tripura.

The Crisis of Rural Employment

Episode 4

The Crisis of Rural Employment

Reading List:

MGNREGS and the Pandemic Crisis: Reflections from Tripura – Ranjini Basu and Tapas Modak.

The Tripura Model – Madhura Swaminathan and V. K. Ramachandran.

It is a class attack: Interview with Manik Sarkar – T. J. Rajalakshmi.

“Employment and Wages of Manual Workers” – Arindam Das and Subhajit Patra, “Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in Tripura: A Study of Agrarian Relations”

“Public Support for Rural Households” – Madhura Swaminathan, “Socio-Economic Surveys of Three Villages in Tripura: A Study of Agrarian Relations”