mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act
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mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act a small M.Phil Class PPTTRANSCRIPT
International Institute for Population Science, Mumbai(Deemed university)
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme[Population and Development ]
Submitted To: Presented By:Prof. R. Nagarajan Pushpendra SinghPhD
Overview
The number of Indians living on less than $1 a day, called Below Poverty Line (BPL), was 300 million that barely declined over the last three decades ranging from 1973 to 2004.
The MGNREGA is notified on 7 September 2005 with the objective of “Enhancing livelihood security in rural areas 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”.
What Is it ?
Scheme Provides at least 100 days of work at not less then Rs 60/day which varies by state.
36.7 Million rural Households have benefitted so far in 2012-13, while 49.8 million rural household benefitted in 2011-12
Implemented in 626 of 640 districts across the country
Objective Of MGNREGA
Unemployment
Sustainable Development
Enhancement Of Livelihood Security Of Households.Labour Market and MigrationEnvironmental Services and Agricultural Productivity
Sustainable Rural Assets creationCreate Livelihood Resource BaseRestore EnvironmentGender & Social Empowerment
Key Processes: Demand For Employment
Rural Households
Registration Application Gram Panchayat (GP)
Verification
Local Residence
not Poverty, Employment
Job Card HH and Employment Demand
Dated Receipt Work Allocation (15 Days Of Demand)
Work-Site
1. Muster Roll with Job Card Nos. Measurement 2. Wages – 15 Days 3. Work with in 5 KM
Facilities: Crèche, Medical Aid, Water
Expectation from MGNREGA
•supplement employment opportunityPRIMARY
•Regenerate natural resource base of rural livelihood for sustainable developmentAuxiliary
•Strengthen grass root processes of democracy •Infuse transparency and accountability in governance
Process Outcomes
Costing India’s Flagship Programme NREGA
Component of expenditure
Material cost Expenditure on wage Administrative cost
NREGA’14-34000 cr.
Material Wages
52%
14%
17%
14%
3%
Water conserva-tion 52%
Land de-velopment
Rural connectiv-ity provision of irriga-tion
Any other activity
Advantage from MGNREGA
Environmental Benefits and Vulnerability
Reduction
Every 5th rural Indian household
benefits from MGNREGA
Agricultural Sustainability
Women empowerment
Issues Of MGNREGA
Lack of Initiative on the Part of Sarpanch and TDOs
Lack of Awareness at the Taluka and Village Level Despite Intensive IEC activities
Failure on the Part of District Administration to get the village Plan Implemented.
Lack of desire among the People to Undertake MGNREGA works.
Non Involvement Of line Dept. in Implementation works
Lack of Technical support.
Challenges In Transparency
Documents
Job Cards ( in the custody of workers)
Muster Rolls,
Measurement Books
Asset Registers
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