Volume : 3, Issue : 3, MAR 2017

THE ROLE AND EFFICACY OF MGNREGP IN RURAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MADAPPALLY BLOCK PANCHAYAT OF KOTTAYAM DISTRICT IN KERALA

Dr. Beena George

Abstract

The initiation and countrywide implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(MGNREGA) represents a milestone in social policy and employment creation with its right based approach and focus on livelihood security. The flagship program has benefitted a large number of marginalized rural households by providing them unskilled work and led to prevention of stress migration from rural areas in lean agricultural seasons. The focus of this paper is to find out how far this programme is effective in empowering rural women and also to identify the lacunas if any and suggestions made accordingly.

Article : Download PDF

Cite This Article

Article No : 13

Number of Downloads : 1045

References

1. MoRD (2008). “The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, Operational Guidelines, 3rd edition”, MoRD, New Delhi, pp 1-2. 2. P.Dutta,R.Murali,M.Ravallion and M.V.Dominique (2012). „Does India?s Employment Gurantee Scheme Guarantee Employment??, Policy Research Paper, Washington, DC:World Bank,2012.