Performance of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Generating Employment: An empirical study in Davangere District of Karnataka

Sri. K. B. Kuberappa; Dr. B.P.Veerabhadrappa; Smt. S. Suchitra

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

Performance of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Generating Employment: An empirical study in Davangere District of Karnataka

Sri. K. B. Kuberappa, Dr. B. P. Veerabhadrappa, Smt. S. Suchitra

Abstract :

MGNREGA goes beyond poverty alleviation and recognizes employment as a legal right. In this backdrop this study has been under taken with the specific objective of empirical verification of the researchable issues. This study is based on the primary data collected from the beneficiaries of the programme during 2010–11. Majority of the beneficiaries are small farmers and land less labours and at the same good number of large farmers, self–employed persons, business people are included in the beneficiaries list. More than that, many respondents who are not willing and actually doing the unskilled manual work are included in the beneficiaries list. Further, the study reveals the fact that NREGS’s works have been successfully completed but the employment has not generated to the extent of the records.