Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Analysis
INTRODUCTION
The NREGA known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was notified on September 7 of the year 2005 but it was executed in Ludhiana in year 2008. NREGA was forwarded in the Lok Sabha on 23rd August 2005 and it came into effect on 2 February 2006. This act gives a provision that if an adult appeals for the employment in the rural areas will be given public works within the duration of 15 days. And if the employment is not given to the people there is provision that the people will get unemployment allowance. This employment guarantee act is subjected to a limit of 100 days of employment per household each year. The prime target of this employment guarantee act is to save the rural households from the poverty …show more content…
Power Equations :- Assured employment and work have contributed to a large extent in changing the power relations especially in the rural community.
Allowance for Unemployment :- If the job is not provided to the person within the duration of 15 days of the application, there is a provision under the NREGA that the person should get the unemployment allowance.
NREGA proved to be very advantageous for the poor population residing in the rural parts as it is easily accessible by the people when they are in the need of it and hence it bridges the gaps in the income of the households where the employment varies and according to the change in the season. It is very worth full especially for the most vulnerable people of the society such as the widow, divorced and separated women, old and elderly people for whom other work is complicated enough to manage.
Failures of NREGA are as follows :-
Though NREGA has proved to be successful and had provided services for the welfare of the people. Apart from the success achieved by NREGA there are some negative aspects also. Those are discussed …show more content…
So, the number of days of employment in the NREGA has to be increased so that the people do not have to face the problem of unemployment. On the other side Maharashtra state’s EGA has the provision of the unlimited days of working that states that any individual can apply for as much number of days at any time for the employment. In this there is no such restriction that only 100 days employment will be given in a single household fin a
The NREGA known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was notified on September 7 of the year 2005 but it was executed in Ludhiana in year 2008. NREGA was forwarded in the Lok Sabha on 23rd August 2005 and it came into effect on 2 February 2006. This act gives a provision that if an adult appeals for the employment in the rural areas will be given public works within the duration of 15 days. And if the employment is not given to the people there is provision that the people will get unemployment allowance. This employment guarantee act is subjected to a limit of 100 days of employment per household each year. The prime target of this employment guarantee act is to save the rural households from the poverty …show more content…
Power Equations :- Assured employment and work have contributed to a large extent in changing the power relations especially in the rural community.
Allowance for Unemployment :- If the job is not provided to the person within the duration of 15 days of the application, there is a provision under the NREGA that the person should get the unemployment allowance.
NREGA proved to be very advantageous for the poor population residing in the rural parts as it is easily accessible by the people when they are in the need of it and hence it bridges the gaps in the income of the households where the employment varies and according to the change in the season. It is very worth full especially for the most vulnerable people of the society such as the widow, divorced and separated women, old and elderly people for whom other work is complicated enough to manage.
Failures of NREGA are as follows :-
Though NREGA has proved to be successful and had provided services for the welfare of the people. Apart from the success achieved by NREGA there are some negative aspects also. Those are discussed …show more content…
So, the number of days of employment in the NREGA has to be increased so that the people do not have to face the problem of unemployment. On the other side Maharashtra state’s EGA has the provision of the unlimited days of working that states that any individual can apply for as much number of days at any time for the employment. In this there is no such restriction that only 100 days employment will be given in a single household fin a