Manuscript Number : GISRRJ225511

Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Rural Employment (A Case Study of Deegh Block, Bhadohi , Uttar Pradesh)

Authors(2) :-Vivek Kumar Mishra, Prof. Raghvendra Kumar Pandey

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA) is a RIGHT BASED wage employment scheme that attempts to provide employment and livelihood to all eligible , desired and semiskilled rural laborers in the country. Considering the number of poor in India (1/3rd) of world, in situ employment generation was the need of hour, fulfilled by this program. MGNREGA since its inception becoming the vital key to the distribution of economic resources and paving the way for sustained social mobility through regular employment opportunities in rural regions (where more than 70 percent of India resides. The study was conducted purposively in DEEGH block of BHADOHI DISTRICT in Uttar Pradesh some random villages have been selected purposively within Deegh block and from each villages respondents were selected randomly thus the sample size of this study finally constitutes about 774 members who have responded to the study . In this study Ex post facto research design was followed and the data was collected mainly through primary sources Highlighting the socio economic impact of MGNREGA on rural India. The collected data was tabulated analyzed and interpreted with the appropriate statistical tools.

Authors and Affiliations

Vivek Kumar Mishra
Research Scholar, Department of Geography, Kutir P.G. College, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal, Univeristy, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prof. Raghvendra Kumar Pandey
Department Of Geography, Kutir P.G. College, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal, Univeristy, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rural Population, Job Cards, Rural Employment and Unemployment Allowance.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 5 | September-October 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-09-10
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 52-57
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ225511
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Vivek Kumar Mishra, Prof. Raghvendra Kumar Pandey, "Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Rural Employment (A Case Study of Deegh Block, Bhadohi , Uttar Pradesh)", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp.52-57, September-October.2022
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ225511

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