scholarly journals Household Level Impact Assessment of MGNREGA Scheme

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 543-549
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
The Impact

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) has been notified by the Government of India on 7th September 2005 with the primary objective of enhancing the livelihood security of the unskilled labors in the rural areas of the country by providing guaranteed wage employment to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The MGNREGA, which is one of the flagship projects of the government, promises 100 days of work per year to the unemployed at a CPI inflation-indexed wage rate. As there is an increase in the disposable income on account of the implementation of the scheme, it is expected that the standard of living and the expenditure pattern of the household covered under the MGNREGA scheme would undergo a tremendous change. As most of the expenditure of the rural households covered under the scheme is supposed to be drastically changed, it is felt that there is a need to study the impact of the scheme on these households. This paper is an extract from a Ph. D Thesis titled Household and Village Level Impact of MGNREGS on Governance at the Grassroots: An Assessment of Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu. Submitted to the Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed to be University

Social Audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MG NREGA): A Study of Hamirpur Block of Himachal Pradesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-118
Author(s):  
Sapna K. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
State Level ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Chronic Poverty ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Social Audit ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee

Rural development has been the major concern areas since the implementation of the First Five Year Plan in our country. Governments at the Centre and State level have implemented many programmes and schemes to achieve socio-economic development of rural areas in the country. MGNREGA is one of those programmes and schemes. It came into force on February 2, 2006. This flagship programme of the Government of India aims at enhancing the livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The primary objective of the scheme is to augment wage employment. This is to be done while also focusing on strengthening natural resource management through works that address causes of chronic poverty like drought, deforestation, and soil erosion and thus encourage sustainable development. To review the implementation and working of the MGNREGA, social audit is one of the important tools evolved and implemented as a part of MGNREGA. It brings transparency and accountability not only in the implementation of MGNREGA but also in the working of Gram Panchayat. Therefore, this paper aimed at examining the effectiveness of social audit in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh.

scholarly journals A Mirage or a Rural Life Line? Analysing the impact of Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Women Beneficiaries of Assam

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rituparna Bhattacharyya ◽  
Polly Vauquline
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), launched in February 2006 was renamed in October 02, 2009 as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (henceforth, MGNREGA). It is an anti-poverty flagship programme of the Government of India. The key purpose of MGNREGA is to enhance wage employment in the rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment to every household in a financial year.  The MGNREGA implementation status report for the financial year 2012-2013 unfolds that the programme has already provided employment to 44.9 million households across 28 districts and five union territories. Hence, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the impact of MGNREGA on women beneficiaries. A plethora of research argues that MGNREGA, which promotes inclusive growth, is a vehicle of change, a lifeline for rural women. So far, however, there has been very little discussion about the impact of MGNREGA on women beneficiaries of Assam. This research is an attempt to examine the participation of women in MGNREGA, Assam. It critically looks at the issues, problems and challenges confronted by the women while working at MGNREGA. Written from a feminist perspective on gender, poverty and women’s empowerment, the research seeks to address the problems of the women beneficiaries through their lived experiences. For this, we conducted in-depth interviews with the women beneficiaries in the months of August and September, 2009 in four remote areas namely, Burka, Chandrapur, Barbhang and Muguriya, the first two situated in Kamrup, while the third and the fourth in Barpeta districts of Assam, where the programme of MGNREGA is on-going. The findings of the research suggest measures so that the programme can be made more effective in the long run.

Impact of Elected Women Representatives of Panchayati Raj in Physical and Financial and Business Assets Development of Rural Women: A Study among the Rural Women’s of Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu[1]

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalaichelvi Sivaraman ◽  
Rengasamy Stalin
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panchayati Raj

This research paper is the part of Research Project entitled “Impact of Elected Women Representatives in the Life and Livelihood of the Women in Rural Areas: With Special Reference to Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu” funded by University of Madras under UGC-UPE Scheme.The 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution of India were made by the government to strengthen the position of women and to create a local-level legal foundation for direct democracy for women in both rural and urban areas. The representation for women in local bodies through reservation policies amendment in Constitution of India has stimulated the political participation of women in rural areas. However, when it’s comes to the argument of whether the women reservation in Panchayati Raj helps or benefits to the life and livelihood development of women as a group? The answer is hypothetical because the studies related to the impact of women representatives of Panchayati Raj in the life and livelihood development of women was very less. Therefore, to fill the gap in existing literature, the present study was conducted among the rural women of Tiruvannamalai district to assess the impact of elected women representatives in the physical and financial and business development of the women in rural areas. The findings revealed that during the last five years because of the women representation in their village Panjayati Raj, the Physical Asset of the rural women were increased or developed moderately (55.8%) and Highly (23.4%) and the Financial and Business Asset of the rural women were increased or developed moderately (60.4%) and Highly (18.7%).

scholarly journals Role of Women In MGNREGA In Kaithal District of Haryana India

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Mukesh Chahal ◽  
Dr. Pardeep Kumar ◽  
Dr. Kiran Lamba
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Successful Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee

Poverty and unemployment remain the main issue in India. These issues are mostly found in rural areas. The Government of India has been formulating various programs for rural growth and poverty eradication. One such programmed is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), a successful program in promoting gender equality, empowering women, and creating long-lasting infrastructure in rural areas providing employment. The study was conducted in the Kaithal district of Haryana covering a sample of 100 beneficiaries. The collected data has been analyzed using simple frequency and percentage analysis, descriptive analysis, and correlation analysis. The results have revealed that the program was successful in empowering the women of the district.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: Design Failure, Implementation Failure or Both?

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girish Kumar Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Implementation Failure ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee

The Government of India implemented MGNREGA in 2005–06 to provide social security cum wage employment on demand, initially in 200 districts and was later extended to all of India. The programme expenditure has now ballooned to over 60,000 crore per year in 2018–19, for creating about 267.95 crore man-days of employment. The programme has been beset with a host of issues since its inception, raising serious doubts about its impact in achieving designed objectives. The programme was designed with host of objectives starting from social security to providing livelihood security to wage employment on demand to arresting migration to deep rooting democracy. All prior research looked at specific objectives in a particular geographic area. This article examines the programme achievement data and examines the same against programme objectives and argues that the programme may be flawed in design objectives and inadequate programme architecture. Contrasting the programme data with census raises further issues about reliability.

Impact of Social Schemes on the Empowerment of Aam Aadmi - A Study on MGNREGS and Food Security Bill

Think India ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
M. Maschendar Goud ◽  
V Usha Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Common People ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Aam Aadmi has achieved tremendous transformation from the stage of isolation to the stage of decision maker in the era of globalization. Increasing political concerns, neglecting the confidence on Aam Aadmi has resulted in huge loss to the dictators. In view of the importance of Aam Aadmi, a great change has occurred in terms of concern for Aam Aadmi in the present era. Increasing initiations of social schemes including Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and National Food Security Bill, 2013 are some of the best examples which show that the government is highly concerned for the development and as well as empowerment. In view of the emergence of two of the most popular schemes by the government, the present paper will critically examine the need for social schemes for Aam Aadmi. Further, the paper also contributes the benefits of the schemes. Further, the challenges ahead for the successful implementation of the scheme have also been presented in the paper. The present paper is mainly based on the secondary data. The data pertaining to the opinions of the common people especially in rural India have also been considered. The paper provides the valuable observations on examining the impact of social schemes for the upliftment of Aam aadmi.

Impact of Social Schemes on the Empowerment of Aam Aadmi A Study on MGNREGS and Food Security Bill

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Maschendar Goud ◽  
V Usha Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Common People ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Aam Aadmi has achieved tremendous transformation from the stage of isolation to the stage of decision maker in the era of globalization. Increasing political concerns, neglecting the confidence on Aam Aadmi has resulted in huge loss to the dictators. In view of the importance of Aam Aadmi, a great change has occurred in terms of concern for Aam Aadmi in the present era. Increasing initiations of social schemes including Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and National Food Security Bill, 2013 are some of the best examples which show that the government is highly concerned for the development and as well as empowerment. In view of the emergence of two of the most popular schemes by the government, the present paper will critically examine the need for social schemes for Aam Aadmi. Further, the paper also contributes the benefits of the schemes. Further, the challenges ahead for the successful implementation of the scheme have also been presented in the paper. The present paper is mainly based on the secondary data. The data pertaining to the opinions of the common people especially in rural India have also been considered. The paper provides the valuable observations on examining the impact of social schemes for the upliftment of Aam aadmi.

scholarly journals Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Scheme) on Unemployment and Village Economy (A Case Study of Mandor Block of Jodhpur District)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Kshitiz Maharshi ◽  
Swati Vashisth ◽  
Neelam Shekhawat
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
The Impact

The basic means of promoting improvement of village economy have been to increase employment, open doors to the unemployed and under-use human resources. A diverse training process has been put in place to meet the needs of the poor by guaranteeing their fundamental rights and encouraging new unexpected household developments. To combat unemployment, desperation and job security with a multiplier seminar on the social capital system, physical capital, and ecological synergies, strengthening the democratic process and ensuring sustainable development, another program with clear pay was organized. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 and jointly implemented the states and organizational spaces of India in a course that was sponsored from February 2006. With its authentic cluster work and rights-based methodology, the National Gandhi Rural Employment (MGNREGA) grants every 100 days of safe work a farm. The MGNREGA is said to have raised and sustained the standard of people of village economy but as obvious questions are being raised on its reality rather than paper. This research paper aims to find out the effectiveness of the aforesaid programme on combating unemployment and improving the soul of India i.e. villages. For these purpose 50 grampanchayats of Mandor Block of Jodhpur District of Rajasthan state has been selected for the study and both primary data and secondary data was collected and analyzed using charts. The secondary data was collected from the website of government that provides data about MGNREGA and tabulated effectively to provide a conclusion about the impact of the programme and its weaknesses along with the suggestions if required.

scholarly journals NREGA – AN IMPERIALIST DESIGN?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilanjan Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Guarantee

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) was notified on September 7, 2005. The mandate of the Act is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. NREGA was projected as a tool to ensure inclusive growth in rural India through social protection, livelihood security and democratic empowerment. Most of the government programs like NREGA when actually planned, are very good plans (at least on paper). The government prepares a holistic perspective for the project. From the experience of other schemes, it may be concluded hat when it comes to execution, most of them fail and the NREGA scheme is also no exception. Like any other government schemes, NREGA functions through a Public Distribution System. In that case, loopholes become a part and parcel of the whole execution process. The Beneficiaries are only a very few people.

Performance and Execution of MNREGS in Kangra District of H.P

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Lata ◽  
Virender Kumar ◽  
Jyoti Kachroo
Keyword(s):  
Weekly Basis ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Flow Of Funds ◽  
Wage Payment ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Employment Guarantee

The government of India has initiated a number of programmes for eradication of poverty of which Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an influential stride towards the right to work. It was launched with the aim of providing livelihood security to the adult members of rural households through guaranteed wage employment for hundred days in a financial year. It provides equal wages to both male and female workers besides 33 per cent participation for women. The state of Himachal Pradesh has been praised for its implementation due to the fact that it tops in providing employment to women under the scheme. Therefore, the performance and execution as well as various processes in the effective execution of the scheme were examined through a study entitled “Performance and Execution of MNREGS in Kangra district of H.P.” the study was carried out in the year 2013-14 in Kangra district of H.P. The results indicated that all the guidelines being mandated in the Act were found to be followed properly as against the provision of 100 days of employment and wage payment on weekly basis (i.e. a delay in wage payment was observed). The relevant problems were insufficient and untimely flow of funds by the higher authorities to the Panchayat as a result of which employment for complete 100 days and on weekly basis couldn’t be met. Therefore, a need to strengthen sufficient and timely release of funds to Panchayat by the higher authorities as well as meeting 100 days of employment and timely payment of wages was suggested as a result of this study.

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