The study sought to explore, through fieldwork, the reasons behind and the implications of women’s participation in NREGA in selected areas of three states, Kerala, Himachal and Rajasthan. These states were selected for study for a number of reasons. While Kerala and Rajasthan show a very high proportion of works days generated being taken up by women. Himachal is a contrast is a contrast with very low share of women. Rajasthan leads the country in the total number of work days generated, has a number of active civil society groups that have engaged with the programme, and as a prior history of large scale public works programmes popularly known as ‘famine works’.
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