Field Level Impact of MGNREGA in rural areas of Kerala - an Analytical Study

Mr. Ashok Jacob Mathews; Mr. Krishnanunni C.U.

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Field Level Impact of MGNREGA in rural areas of Kerala - an Analytical Study

Mr. Ashok Jacob Mathews, Mr. Krishnanunni C. U.

Abstract :

The social security of an individual is of prime concern where he / she are engaged in measures to find livelihood means. In the year 2005, the parliament of India has passed the landmark legislation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA. Later in 2009, it was renamed as MGNREGA or Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The act intended to deliver the right to work for all the rural households in India. The MGNREGA programme has its primary focus on improving the livelihood security of the rural poor especially that of the women, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe people. The law was one of the few experiments in the world which were designed to provide an alternative source of livelihood which has its impact on plummeting migration, growth in education and on the improving health care of the rural population. The impact created by the programme among the public is of multi dimensional