Does Garibi Hatao Work

Intervention and Poverty by V M Gumaste, R M Honavar, Kala Rangachari and K Seetharam; Institute for Financial Management and Research, Madras,
THIS book analyses the anti-poverty programmes of the government and their impact on the incomes of the rural poor. There are two major anti-poverty programmes, namely, the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) and the Wage Employment Programme. The book under review concentrates on the IRDP but does drscuss the National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) also.