MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT: A PATH BREAKING FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD

Dr.S.Rajamohan; S.Shyam Sundar

Volume : IV, Issue : VII, July - 2015

MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT: A PATH BREAKING FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD

Dr. S. Rajamohan, S. Shyam Sundar

Abstract :

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a flagship programme of Government of India. The Act was notified initially in 200 most backward districts of the country w.e.f. Feuary 02, 2006 and subsequently extended all over India in two phases. The programme aims at enhancing livelihood security of the rural poor by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The Act seeks to create durable assets and strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural poor. This paper looks at The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act�s (MGNREGA) generation of employment and benefits of the rural households in India. This is prepared based on the information collected for the Major Research project funded by the ICSSR. We personally thank the ICSSR for being funded for us to executive the work.