Jawahar Rozgar Yojana: An Assessment?
M NEELAKANDAN's article Jawahar Rozgar Yojana: As Assessment Through Concurrent Evaluation' (EPW, December 3, 1994) is a commendable attempt to examine to what extent the programme objectives have been achieved, the deviations, if any from the guidelines; with an overall assessment of the workers by making use of the data of the concurrent evaluation conducted in 1992. Here we are attempting (1) to review Neelakandan's findings; and (2) to assess qualitative aspects of the findings and the acceptability of the concurrent evaluation data based on our empirical evidence and in depth field experience. (See Jos Chathukulam and V K Kurien, 'Participation of Rural Development and Delivery System: A Case Study of Jawahar Rozgar Yojana in Kerala', Centre for Rural Management, Kottayam (mimeo).
