MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT(MGNREGA)
is a job guarantee scheme for rural Indians. It was formed by legislation on 25 august, 2005.
is a job guarantee scheme for rural Indians. It was formed by legislation on 25 august, 2005.
This act has given people of rural India a hope by providing
them with employment, changing their working criteria from working to
employment generation. NREGA as an employment programme also works to create
productive goods at level of village such as ponds, wells, tanks, roads etc.
MGNREGA aims at enhancing the livelihood security of peoples of
rural areas by guaranteeing them a 100 days wage employment in a financial
year. the objective is to strengthen the livelihood resource base in rural
areas.
HISTORY :- MGNREGA was launched
on 2 february 2006 from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. Initially it has covered
200 of the poorest districts in India. it was passed by lok sabha on 23 august
2004 and was signed by president of India on 5 September 2005.
GUIDELINES
Collaborative partnership
and public accountability:Broadly, the main implementation activities are at
the village and Block levels, while coordination activities are mainly at the
Block and District levels. Planning, supervision and monitoring take place at
all levels.
Role of the Panchayats:The
Panchayats at each level will be the ‘Principal Authorities for planning and
implementation of the Schemes under the Act’ (NREGA, Section 13(1))
DPC and PO:The
overall responsibility for ensuring that the Scheme is implemented according to
the Act belongs to the District Programme Coordinator (DPC) at the District
level, and to the Programme Officer (PO) at the Block level.
Coordination among the
agencies: The Panchayats at different levels will need to
coordinate with each other for the effective implementation of the Act.
Similarly, the Panchayats and the District/Block administration will have to
work together.
Resource Support:The
Central and the State Governments will facilitate the implementation of the Act
through timely and adequate resource support.
Criticism
Corruption
: At the national level one of the criticism
that MGNREGA has been facing is corruption . Workers hired under MGNREGA
program say that they are not paid frequently for their job and are forced to
pay bribes to get jobs. Meanwhile there are claims of fictitious labours being
paid , the dead being paid and job cards used by officials causing leakage in program.
Human
rights :- many of
the social activists who were exposing MGNREGA relation to the corruption have
been attacked or killed.
Quality
:- Another criticism which MGNREGA has been facing under public work
schemes is the poor quality of work products. Jairam Ramesh, minister of rural
and development for center government of India, admitted that roads and canals
built by the unskilled labours are very poor and are wash away with any
significant rain.
Labours
:-
A multi-million-rupee has been
suspected as many people have been issued NREGA card to peoples who are
government employed or are even not aware that they have a job card. The
productivity of labours have been considered to be low in NREGA program is
because labours consider it better alternative to work under major projects
construction companies then under NREGA work to construction projects.
Unavailability
of real jobs :- Another criticism
of this scheme is that it has caused unavailability of general workers from
agriculture and small business, thus destroying the rural economy. The
government scheme of job guarantee is very attractive as their is low work
pressure and all facilities are available easily to these person who have been
working hard their whole life.
FEATURES
• MGNREGA for Strengthening Livelihoods of the Poor.
• Implementation of the Habitation Livelihoods Plan.
• Capacity Building of PRIs and Community Members.
• Monitoring Progress on Livelihoods Assets.
Contributing Team Members:
Akshay chaudhary
Jatin Vadhera
Adesh Kumar
Joseph Akhil Sebastian
Mohamad Faisal
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