Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

MGNREGA in Uttar Pradesh: Some Evidences from Field Survey

Shadab Hashmi

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 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005, now renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), was ought into force by the act of parliament and, implemented in phased manner across the whole country. MGNREGA act put an enforceable obligation on the state to provide employment. This paper tries to look at impact of the scheme on wages of workers in local market, factors that determine the overall generation of employment for workers and type of productive assets created and its impact through a survey conducted in five villages of Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh. The paper concludes that nature of work, excessive political interference and lack of awareness among workers are some of the reasons behind abysmal performance of MGNREGA in survey villages.

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Shadab Hashmi, MGNREGA in Uttar Pradesh: Some Evidences from Field Survey, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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