MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (NREGA) was notified September 7, 2005 and enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005. ACT provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (NREGA) was notified September 7, 2005 and enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005. ACT provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
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MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (NREGA) was notified September 7, 2005 and enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005. ACT provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
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MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (MG-NREGA)
(NREGA) was notified September 7, 2005 and
enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005 OBJECTIVE OF THE ACT Enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Goals of NREGA: Strong social safety net for the vulnerable groups by providing a fall-back employment source, when other employment alternatives are scarce or inadequate Sustainable development of an agricultural and natural resource based economy Empowerment of rural poor through the processes of a rights-based Law Incorporating transparency and grass root democracy in governance COVERAGE First phase (February 2nd 2006): 200 districts Second phase (2007-2008): 130 districts Third phase (April 1, 2008): Remaining districts
Thus NREGA covers the entire country with the
exception of districts that have a hundred percent urban population. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT Adult members of a rural household, willing to do unskilled manual work, may apply for registration to the local Gram Panchayat The Gram Panchayat after due verification will issue a Job Card The Job Card should be issued within 15 days of application The minimum days of employment have to be at least fourteen Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, otherwise daily unemployment allowance as per the Act, has to be paid Work should ordinarily be provided within 5 km radius of the village. In case work is provided beyond 5 km, extra allowance of 10% should be paid Contd. Wages are to be paid according to the Minimum Wages Act 1948 for agricultural labourers in the State or min. Rs. 60/ per day Equal wages should be provided to both men and women At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women Work site facilities such as crèche, drinking water, shade have to be provided Permissible works predominantly include water and soil conservation, afforestation and land development works The Central Government bears the 100 percent wage cost of labour and 75 percent of the material cost All accounts and records relating to the Scheme should be available for public scrutiny Key Stakeholders in the NREGA : Wage seekers Village level Gram Sabha PRIs, specially the gram panchayat Programme Officer at the block level Block level District Programme Co-ordinator District level State Government State level Ministry of Rural Development Centre level NREGS case studies: Providing employment to Landless Agricultural Labourers Bhghmundi (Purulia district), West Bengal A bandh was excavated under NREGS at the estimated cost of Rs. 5 lakh It generated employment of 6800 person days and provided work for 303 households Before this, the labourers found it difficult to get work locally and survived on the sale of firewood from which they earned approximately Rs. 15-20 per day Through the NREGA work they have been earning Rs. 65-70 per day
Besides this the
work has also facilitated irrigation facilities on nearly 15 acers of lands Increasing the prospects of Agricultural Production and Pisci-culture Rendo village of Chuttu Gram Panchayat (Kante Block, Ranchi district), Jharkhand NREGA sheme was used to construct a pond The pond has opened the prospects of pisci culture Cultivation of Pekhi (A kind of vegetable) on the bank of the pond This has contributed to economic development of villagers by supplementing their income Bridging the social barriers among different groups Vellunda Gram Panchayat (Mananthavadi Block, Wayanad district), Kerela Kurichiya and Paniya, the two tribal communities of Kerala had no social interaction among them With the intervention of NREGS work being done in the district the barriers began to fade away Under NREGS, construction of road from Valaramkunu to Koyitappara was undertaken solely for members of ST communities The initiative has dismanteled the gap between two communities created by social barriers Improving social structure Palakkad and Waynad districts, Kerala Kerala is a tiny state with large number of educated unemployed Most of them were forced to migrate to the gulf countries before NREGA Now with NREGS, peoples were able to get work with good wages (Kerala has highest wage under NREGS in country with Rs. 125) Implementation of work was made impartial with Kudumbashree and disputes were solved by introducing appellate system The success of NREGA there has also resulted in reduction in the number of suicide cases earlier rampant Problems with NREGA implementation:
Muster roll or bogus registration data Corruption Showing more work on the paper than was done THANK YOU