scholarly journals Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): A Right Based Initiative towards Poverty Alleviation through Employment Generation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1344-1348 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Employment Guarantee

Implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Manipur (2015-16): An Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Khundrakpam Romenkumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
The State ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The People ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is demand driven , self targeting employment generating poverty alleviation scheme which was launched by the UPA government in 2005 with full of hope to eradicate the problems of poverty and unemployment in the rural areas of India by targeting to provide at least 100 days of employment at each rural households. It is the only employment-generating programme, that a beneficiary can claim legally. The scheme was introduced in Manipur in the year 2008 with lot of hope to minimise the problem of poverty and unemployment in the state but after the eight years of implementation, the programme failed to deliver the expectations the people had on it. In this paper, an assessment of the performance of MGNREGS in Manipur of the year 2015-16 has been made.

scholarly journals Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): A Tool for Employment Generation

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
Lamaan Sami ◽  
Anas Khan
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Personal Interview ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Employment Increase ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact

This study is an empirical study which aims to examine the impact of MGNREGA in generating employment to poor in selected districts in India. Data have been collected through personal interview and analyzed with the application of linear regression. The analysis of the data revealed that MGNREGA played a significant role in generating employment, increase in income and consumption of respondents in selected districts in India.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 3, Issue-4: 281-286

scholarly journals Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Rural Households: A Case Study in Davanagere District of Karnataka

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
N Harish
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Income Level ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Employment Guarantee

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been playing an important role in employment generation and poverty alleviation in rural India. It was “an Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members’ volunteer to do unskilled manual work and for matters connected or incidental thereto”. In this paper, an effort has been made to evaluate the changes in terms of employment level, income level, expenditure pattern, savings pattern, and living standard of the sample beneficiaries in the study area between pre- MGNREGP and post- MGNREGP period; and to offer policy measures to improve the performance of the MGNREG program in generating rural livelihood. The present study is mainly based on primary data collected directly from the selected sample beneficiaries of MGNREGP through personal interviews. Simple statistical tools like averages, ratios, percentages have been employed for the analysis. The main findings reveal that the proportion of employment generation, income generation, average expenditure, and savings, and assets creation were found to be quite significant in the post-MGNREGP period as compared to that of in pre-MGNREGP period in the study areas. Similarly, the MGNREGP has made a positive impact on the living standard of sample beneficiaries in the study areas. Based on the findings, the study suggested that the statutory 100 days of employment per adult member of the rural household should be guaranteed instead of 100 days per rural household. This would help to improve the income level of households who mainly depend on MGNREGP for their livelihood, and the performance of MGNREGP in backward (Jagalur) taluk is low. Therefore the officials should take for effective implementation of the program in the backward areas.

scholarly journals PERFORMANCE OF MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME IN KARNATAKA: A SEASONAL WISE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Odegouda R T ◽  
Dr. S. B. Nari
Keyword(s):  
Summer Season ◽  
Rabi Season ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Kharif Season ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Work Distribution ◽  
Average Rainfall ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Rural labours are migrating to the urban areas searching for jobs, because of they don’t get jobs in agricultural lean season and Most of the unorganised sector workers are deprived of basic social security measures, like, health, income, employment etc. In this context, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) as a fall-back employment source is designed to make significant difference to livelihood security in rural areas especially rural poor. The study mainly focused on four questions like, does MGNREGS has properly used fund by seasonal wise; to know the seasonal wise household demanded and provided for employment; to know the share of employment generation among social groups and dose MGNREGS has created more persondays in drought affected years in Karnataka. In this context the present study an attempt to the Seasonal Variation of Employment Generation and Utilization of Fund under MGNREGS in Karnataka. The study found that Whereas coefficient of variation is less in summer season it is evidently on an average 83 percent of workers are benefited from employment during the summer and Rabi season. As compared to the all financial years, on an average of women generated Persondays was highest 44.50 percent in summer season followed by 43.64 percent in Rabi, but in Kharif season was least 11.85 percent. Similar in all year’s during summer and Rabi season have highest proportion of hundred days work done, but least proportion in Kharif season. The study mainly efforts on rainy season it means south west monsoon period the proportion of average rainfall was highest (486mm in July 2013), but it is continuously declined to 244mm in July 2017. But not much rainfall in other remaining months. The study suggests that the MGNREGS programme works should be season wise planning and timely work distribution for who have demanded for work and also to concentrate on more agriculture related works and awareness in gross root level. KEYWORDS: MGNREGS, Seasonal wise Employment Generation, Fund Utilization, Average Rainfall and Drought.

MGNREGA Implementation in Tamil Nadu: Voices from the fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Sarabjeet D. Natesan ◽  
Rahul R. Marathe
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Employment Guarantee

This article examines the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in two districts of Tamil Nadu—Panchetti and Salem. It describes the functioning of the Act based on a preliminary field study and documents the views of implementers and beneficiaries. This analysis reiterates that the implementation should drive policy and that the evaluation lessons need to filter back to the design of the policy. More specifically, MGNREGA requirements can be improved on two counts: one, wage determination and wage rates; and two, evolving better techniques to measure labour productivity.

Socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1361-1376
Author(s):  
Malik Altaf Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Small Sample ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Female Participation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Determinants ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) at both household and individual level. My results show that there is no discrimination in provision of employment to backward classes. Out of all the Indian States, J&K has lowest female participation in the scheme. My results show that women are discriminated against in provision of employment. Worksite facilities, like creche, can positively affect female participation in the scheme. Design/methodology/approach The author uses multi-variate OLS regression model to analyse the data collected through primary survey of three heterogenous villages of district Ganderbal of J&K. Findings The author finds clear evidence of discrimination against females in provision of employment along with slight evidence of elite capture of the scheme. The author also finds negative relationship between the number of children in a household and the number of workdays which highlights the importance of worksite facilities to increase female and overall participation for the scheme to be successful. Research limitations/implications The possible limitation could be small sample size but given that this is the first study of its kind in the J&K State, researchers can build up on it. Originality/value This is one of the first research papers which looks at the performance of MGNREGS in J&K in such detail. No comprehensive study of this magnitude and rigour has been undertaken in J&K till now.

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