This document provides an overview of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in India. MGNREGA is a job guarantee scheme that provides at least 100 days of employment per year to adult members of rural households at minimum wage. It aims to reduce rural poverty and migration. Key features include providing a variety of public works like water conservation and irrigation. Implementation has expanded over time to cover more districts. The scheme has increased women's participation and wages while creating rural assets, though some limitations like delayed payments and measurement issues remain.

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ASSIGNMENT
ON
MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
MRM-522
RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
SUBMITTED BY-
AVINASH CHANDRA
MBA (RM)
R.NO-1805205021
DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD CENTRAL
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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Introduction
 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(MGNREGA) is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on
August 25, 2005.
 The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of
employment in every financial year to adult members
 The law was initially called the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(NREGA) but was renamed on 2 October 2009.
 Scheme Provides at least 100 days of work at not less than Rs 60/day which
varies by state.
 36.7 Million rural Households have benefitted so far in 2012-13, while 49.8
million rural household benefitted in 2011-12
 launched on Feb 2,2006 from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh ,that aims to
guarantee the 'right to work'
Objectives
 The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of
employment in every financial year to adult members.
 To reduce rural urban migration.
 Financial upgradation on Rural people.
 Right utilization of MNREGA FUNDS.
 Supplement wage employment in Rural areas.
Impact of MGNREGA
Reduction in migration.
Financial Inclusion increased.

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Women participation increased and equal wages on par with men.
Reduction in hunger.
Relief from village money lenders.
Rural asset creation.
Participation of SCs and STs increased.
Increase in average wages and employment
SALIENT FEATURES OF MGNREGA
Implementation Status
 The scheme was introduced in 200 districts during financial year 2006- 07
and 130 districts during the financial year 2007-08.
 In April 2008 NREGA expanded to entire rural area of the country covering
34 States and Union Territories, 614 Districts, 6,096 blocks and 2.65 lakh
Gram Panchayats.
 The scheme covered 644 districts , 6,576 blocks and 7.78 lakh villages in
the financial year 2013-14.

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Types of work under MGNREGA
Water Conservation and water harvesting including contour trenches,
contour bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures, underground dykes,
earthen dams, stop dams and springshed development;
Drought Proofing including plantation and afforestation;
Irrigation canals including micro and minor irrigation works;
Provision of irrigation facility, dug out farm pond, horticulture, plantation,
farm bunding and land development;
Renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of tanks
Flood control and protection works including drainage in water logged areas,
deepening and repairing of flood channels, chaur renovation, construction
of storm water drains for coastal protection;
Livestock related works, such as, poultry shelter, goat shelter, construction
of pucca floor, urine tank and fodder trough for cattle, azolla as cattle-feed
supplement;
Works in coastal areas, such as, fish drying yards, belt vegetation;
Rural drinking water related works, such as, soak pits, recharge pits;
Rural sanitation related works, such as, individual household latrines, school
toilet units, anganwadi toilets, solid and liquid waste management;
xv Construction of anganwadi centres.
LIMITATIONS
 Registration problems in terms of caste discrimination.
 Uniform distribution of job cards is a time consuming process and leads to
dissatisfaction.
 Only 19% of the 8.5 lakh differently able people registered for the scheme have
got work under NREGA.
 Non-issuance of receipts to applicants.
 Unavailability of necessary facilities at the work places.
 Improper maintenance of attendance of the workers.
 Payments of wages delayed.
 Measurement of work done by the workers a major problem

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