Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

MGNREGA AND EMPOWERMENT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIESIN INDIA:WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SC/ST

Dr. S. Saravanan

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In India, many programmes were implemented for providing employment opportunities and eradicate poverty like National Rural Employment Programme (1980), Rural Landless Employment Guarantee (1983), Jawahar Rozhar Yojana (1989), Employment Assurance Scheme (1993), Jawahar Gram Samridhi (1999), Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar (2001) and Food for work Programme in 2004. Like this, the government of India introduced National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in 2005 with an objective of 100 days of guaranteed employment for unskilled manual work in rural areas. Initially, this Programme was implemented in 200 backward districts in 27 states in the country and 2.1 crores household were benefitted. As of now it covered all the rural areas and provided employment to 5 crores. Regarding the women participation in MGNREGP in India during the 2006–07 there were 36.40 crores benefitted and it has increased to 86.42 crores in 2012–2013. Moreover, the SC (22%)/ST (15%) household also benefitted from this scheme during 2012–2013. The present study analyzes the empowerment of marginalized communities (particularly SC/ST) through MGNREGA in India.

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Dr. S. SARAVANAN Mgnrega and Empowerment of Marginalized Communities in India: with Special Reference to Sc/St International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 8 August 2015

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