The anatomy of a stationary state

Today, the bulk of the country’s unskilled labour force is eligible for a guaranteed 100 days work under MGNREGS. Such is the scale of this programme that it has led to labour shortage in an otherwise labour-surplus country. From construction to farming, rising input prices are translating into higher output prices. From food to finished houses, the secular rise in prices has a wage floor at their root.

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