Despite decades of planned development and poverty eradication programs at the national and state levels, poverty continues to persist in India. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a subject of lively debate, which aims at the ‘right to work’ enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household who volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was approved by the Indian Parliament in September 2005. It was renamed as ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’ on 2-10-2009. This Act started functioning from 2nd Feb.2006. Initially it was introduced in 200 districts of the country and later extended to all districts in the country. The main aim of this Act is to enhance the purchasing power of rural people. World Development Report 2014 termed it a "stellar example of rural development" and noted economist Amartya Sen also said it is a good Scheme for employment generation in rural areas, but it has to be reformed. This Paper is an attempt to present a review of the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - With Special Reference to Telangana State.
The Indian government passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 to enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment each financial year to every rural household whose adult members demand work under the scheme.
Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Area Development Programmes; Women Development Programmes; Agricultural Development Programmes Implemented By State Department Of Agriculture
Despite decades of planned development and poverty eradication programs at the national and state levels, poverty continues to persist in India. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a subject of lively debate, which aims at the ‘right to work’ enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household who volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was approved by the Indian Parliament in September 2005. It was renamed as ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act’ on 2-10-2009. This Act started functioning from 2nd Feb.2006. Initially it was introduced in 200 districts of the country and later extended to all districts in the country. The main aim of this Act is to enhance the purchasing power of rural people. World Development Report 2014 termed it a "stellar example of rural development" and noted economist Amartya Sen also said it is a good Scheme for employment generation in rural areas, but it has to be reformed. This Paper is an attempt to present a review of the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - With Special Reference to Telangana State.
The Indian government passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 to enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment each financial year to every rural household whose adult members demand work under the scheme.
Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Area Development Programmes; Women Development Programmes; Agricultural Development Programmes Implemented By State Department Of Agriculture
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History of Green Revolution
Methods used in Green Revolution
Basic Elements in Method of Green Revolution
Causes of Green Revolution
Effects of Green Revolution
Result/ Evaluation of Green Revolution
Advantages of Green Revolution
Limitations of Green Revolution
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Introduction
Definition of Green Revolution
History of Green Revolution
Methods used in Green Revolution
Basic Elements in Method of Green Revolution
Causes of Green Revolution
Effects of Green Revolution
Result/ Evaluation of Green Revolution
Advantages of Green Revolution
Limitations of Green Revolution
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Dr. Geethanjali Nataraj
Professor of Applied Economics, Indian Institute of Public Administration
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Partner and Head – ASEAN Corridor and Building, Construction and Real Estate sector, KPMG in India
Mr. Ravi S. Kochak
Former Additional Member (Production Units), Indian Railways
Th is brochure highlights the best practices followed under the
program and reflects the impact of the roads on the lives of people living in diffi cult geographical terrains in Himachal Pradesh (HP) and Rajasthan. The rural roads sector, which is a State subject, also
lacked adequate planning and management due to
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8.cl 10 13 rural infrastructure-2
1. Rajeev Kumar, M.S.W., M.Phil., UGC-JRF
Senior Research Fellow
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
2. What Rural India looks like today
71% of Indians live in rural areas
89% have no access to telephones
52% do not have access to power
10% have no access to drinking water, 91%
have no access to toilet facilities
Average distance to all weather roads is 2 km
244 million rural people are “poor”
Compared to 80 million urban poor
3. Infrastructure is basic physical
and organizational structures needed for the operation of
a society or enterprise or reproductive system , or the
services and facilities necessary for an economy to
function.
It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected
structural elements that provide framework supporting an
entire structure of development. It is an important term
for judging a country or region's development.
Infrastructure plays an important role in the economic
development of an economy . It can quicken or impede the
development of an economy .
4. infrastructure is indeed correlated to
economic growth in rural areas also.
low per capita income correlates with lack of
infrastructure
Infrastructure is essential for rural growth
5. Findings from a survey in Nigeria indicate the
infrastructure in rural areas can Increase
employment and income
Increase efficiency and productivity (For
instance time saved due to improved
transportation)
infrastructure can be used on other activities
Increase access to resources
Improve health and therefore productivity
(For instance, if water supply is augmented,
water-related health diseases can be reduced)
6. Provision of power and irrigation
infrastructure in rural areas of India and
Bangladesh has improved productivity,
increased income and savings
Water and Sanitation infrastructure in rural
Thailand has led to more jobs, better health,
increased school attendance, tourism benefits
7. Roads in rural Vietnam, Ghana and Morocco
have led to:
Increased income as middlemen are cut out
And farmers can transport the produce directly to
the market
Change in crop patterns leading to more income.
Earlier, perishable crops could not be grown as
the transportation time was large.
Now these crops could also be added
Lots of secondary benefits such as health,
national pride, growth in secondary industries
8. India is the fourth largest economy in the world.
However, one factor which is a drag on its
development is the lack of world class infrastructure.
Estimates suggest that the lack of proper
infrastructure pulls down India’s GDP growth by 1-2
per cent every year.
Physical infrastructure has a direct impact on the
growth and overall development of an economy.
But, the fast growth of the Indian economy in recent
years has placed increasing stress on physical
infrastructure,
such as electricity, railways, roads, ports, airports,
irrigation, urban and rural water supply, and
sanitation, all of which already suffer from a
substantial deficit
9.
10. India expects to invest about $500 bn in infrastructure, mainly in power,
telecommunication, roads, railways and oil pipelines,
India will need to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure from 2010 to 2019, with
roads requiring $427 billion, power $288 billion and railways $281 billion, according to
Goldman Sachs.
7.5 percent of GDP is invested in infrastructure, with plans to increase that to about 10
percent at the end of the 2008-2012 five-year plan.
Private investment is likely contribute 36 percent to total infrastructure investment by
2008-2012 five-year plan, up from 25 percent from the 2002-2007 period
India will issue tax-free infrastructure bonds with a minimum tenure of 10 years,
which will have the potential to raise about $6.5 billion in fiscal year 2010/11
China's Infrastructure
China spends 11% of its GDP on infrastructure.
Spending on infrastructure has been increasing at rate of around 25 percent a year in
recent years.
38% of China's huge 2008-9 economic stimulus package will go towards public
infrastructure projects, including railway, road, irrigation, and airport construction.
China budgeted 80 billion yuan (US$11.8 billion) on transportation infrastructure in
2010.
170 new mass-transit systems could be built in China by 2025.
11. We need to look for “Local Solutions” in rural areas and
not large “Network Based” solutions
Septic tanks, Mobile Phones, local power generators etc will
work better in rural areas give the scale of investment and
use
Sanitation and Treatment plants, phone lines and power
grids
might not work since the costs might outweigh the demand
Subsidies are needed to achieve break-even for
investments in rural areas due to lack of economies of
scale and reduce consumption power
Micro-finance and micro-lending can play a part in
generating finances for small scale projects that will
make a difference in rural areas
14. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act has been
enacted to empower panchayats
Bharat Nirman Program has been introduced
to provide infrastructure in rural areas
Other schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadhak Yojana for rural roads, the
Accelerated Rural Water Supply Program for
rural water and sanitation, the Rajiv Gandhi
Vidyukranthi Yojana for rural electrification etc
have been introduced.
15. Universal Service Obligations (USO) exists in the
Telecom sector to raise funds for rural phone
connectivity
Target for rural Tele-density is 15% or greater. An
8000Cr outlay
has been proposed for this.
NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme) has been floated to provide at least 100 days
of guaranteed employment to improve the economic
conditions of some people in rural areas
PURA scheme has been floated to Provide Urban
Amenities in Rural Areas
Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) has been
set up by NABARD to the tune of 60,000Cr
16. Land acquisition
Funding constraints
Post-award changes in the
scope of the project
Poor planning and execution
Delays in clearances
Population
17.
18. Bharat Nirman is a time-bound business plan
for action in rural infrastructure.
Under Bharat Nirman, action is proposed in
the areas of irrigation, rural housing, rural
water supply, rural electrification and rural
telecommunication connectivity.
19. To upgrade rural infrastructure, the Government has
formulated a proposal for providing the road
connections to more than 38,484 villages above 1000
population and all 20,867 habitations above 500
populations in hilly and tribal areas.
To achieve the targets of Bharat Nirman, 1,46,185
kms. of road length is proposed to be constructed by
2009.
This will benefit 66,802 unconnected eligible
habitations in the country.
To ensure full farm to market connectivity, it is also
proposed to upgrade 1,94,132 kms. of the existing
Associated Through Routes.
A sum of approximately Rs.48,000 crore is proposed
to be invested to achieve this.
20. Housing is one of basic requirements for human
survival.
For a shelterless person, possession of a house
brings about a profound social change in his
existence, endowing him with an identity,
thus integrating him with his immediate social
milieu.
The Ministry of Rural Development is
implementing Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) with a
view to providing financial assistance to the rural
poor living below poverty line for construction of
pucca house.
21. The Government of India is implementing Indira Awaas Yojana
(IAY) since the year 1985-86 to provide financial assistance for
construction / upgradation of dwelling units to the below
poverty line (BPL) rural households belonging to the scheduled
castes, scheduled Tribes and freed bonded labourers categories.
From the year 1993-94, the scope of the scheme was extended
to cover non-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes rural BPL
poor, subject to the condition that the benefits to non-SC/ST
would not be more than 40% of the total IAY allocation.
The benefits of the Scheme have also been extended to the
families of ex-servicemen of the armed and paramilitary forces
killed in action,
3% of the Houses are reserved for the rural Below Poverty Line
physically and mentally challenged persons, from 2006-07
onward, funds and physical targets under IAY are also being
earmarked for BPL minorities in each state.
22. Under the Irrigation Component of Bharat Nirman, the
target of creation of additional irrigation potential of 1
crore hectare in 4 years (2005-06 to 2008-09) is planned
to be met largely through expeditious completion of
identified ongoing major and medium irrigation projects.
Irrigation potential of 42 lakh hectare is planned to be
created by expeditiously completing such ongoing major
and medium projects.
There is a definite gap between irrigation potential created
and the potential utilized.
Under Bharat Nirman it is planned to restore and utilize
irrigation potential of 10 lakh hectare through
implementation of extension, renovation and
modernization of schemes alongwith command area
development and water management practices.
23. Telecom connectivity constitutes an important part of
the effort to upgrade the rural infrastructure.
Under the Bharat Nirman Programme, it will be
ensured that 66,822 revenue villages in the country,
which have not yet been provided with a Village
Public Telephone (VPT), shall be covered.
Out of the above villages, connectivity in 14,183
remote and far flung villages will be provided through
digital satellite phone terminals.
Assistance for both capital as well as operational
expenditure for these VPTs will be met out of the
Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF).
24. To build rural infrastructure, Bharat Nirman has
been launched by the Government of India in
2005 to be implemented in a period of four years
from 2005-06 to 2008-09.
Rural drinking water is one of the six
components of Bharat Nirman.
During Bharat Nirman period, 55,067 un-covered
and about 3.31 lakh slipped-back habitations are
to be covered with provisions of drinking water
facilities
and 2.17 lakh quality-affected habitations are to
be addressed for water quality problem.
25. Ministry of Power has introduced the scheme Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) in
April 2005,
which aims at providing electricity in all villages and
habitations in four years and provides access to
electricity to all rural households.
This programme has been brought under the ambit
of Bharat Nirman.
Under RGGVY, electricity distribution infrastructure is
envisaged to establish Rural Electricity Distribution
Backbone (REDB) with at least a 33/11KV sub-station,
Village Electrification Infrastructure (VEI) with at least
a Distribution Transformer in a village or hamlet, and
standalone grids with generation where grid supply is
not feasible.