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.

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.

scholarly journals Convergence of Assets under MGNREGS: Case from Amritsar District of Punjab

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Shankar Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
The Right ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a historic rural development Act aims to guarantee the 'right to work' through passing an Act in the Parliament. The Act while in implementation is known as Scheme so it is known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). MGNREGA/MGNREGS is a powerful instrument for ensuring inclusive growth in rural India through its impact on social protection, livelihood security and democratic empowerment. In this note, a case where convergence of assets was initiated is presented from Dalam panchayat, Harshe Chinna block of Amritsar district. The study was carried out during first week of August 2017 by visiting the area.

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.

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

ICT, Unique Identity and Inclusive Growth

2012 ◽  
pp. 584-612
Author(s):  
K. M. Mital
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Public Distribution System ◽  
Food Grains ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Open Markets

Government of India has recently sought to establish identity of country’s each resident including migratory population from one state to another through IT-enabled unique identification (UID) numbers under the aegis of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which shall lead to inclusive growth. UID numbers offer diverse benefits to each resident, such as quick opening of bank accounts, speedier issuance of passports, efficient administration of the PDS (public distribution system) for food grains at subsidized rates to the BPL (below poverty line) families by preventing ‘leakage’ to open markets, rapid enrollment to and efficient disbursal of wages under the ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)’ for guaranteed employment for every household, et cetera. The chapter reviews the role of ICT and UID numbers in achieving inclusive growth, achieving food security, augmenting employment opportunities, efficiently accessing public services, and achieving higher standards of livelihood and quality-of-life sustained though different welfare schemes.

Social welfare through guaranteed wage employment: experience of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in an Indian state

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Pranaya Kumar Swain ◽  
Sthitapragyan Ray
Keyword(s):  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
State And Society ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
Programme Outcomes ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Employment Guarantee Scheme

Recognition of the significance of public wage employment programmes in tackling unpredictable community “covariate” shocks and ensuring livelihood security of the rural poor has led to the enactment of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, with state guarantee of work. Implementation of the Act, our empirical findings tell us, has become the site of tangible exchanges between state and society, with factors such as the level of material support for it, the balance of power between the local state and the poor on the ground, and the larger socio-economic structure determining programme outcomes.

scholarly journals Study on Socioeconomic Impact of MGNREGA on Beneficiaries in Chikkaballapura District of Karnataka- India

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
V Konakuntla Rayappa ◽  
M D Bavaiah
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Socioeconomic Impact ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
The People ◽  
Unskilled Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wage Employment ◽  
Intensive Work ◽  
Employment Guarantee

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee act or (MGNREGA) was reported in India in September 2005 with a mandate to supply at least a hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to each rural home whose members above the age of eighteen years’ volunteer to do unskilled labour-intensive work. The main focus of the act is to assist the social protection for the people living in rural India by providing employment possibilities and therefore contributing towards the overall growth of the local people. The present study was attempted to figure out the effect of MGNREGA on the overall economic and social development of beneficiaries in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka. The study was carried out in the Chintamani blocks of the Mindigal panchayat area of the Chikkaballapura with beneficiaries as respondents. The results found the MGNREGA has extensively enhanced their social and economic safety.

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.

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