"It will be days of joy," says Rajmati, a 1 health worker in Haryana state, when asked what an extra 6,000 rupees ($87) a month would mean to the poor households in her village. "It will also mean that you can survive without a husband." Her enthusiasm is shared by the other villagers gathered in her back room, where she provides health checks, postnatal care and immunisations. One says she would use the cash to open a bangle shop. Another has more immediate aspirations: "more wheat, oil and sugar" for her seven children, and more money for their education.
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