National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Opportunities Challenges
Every person who digs a pond, renovates an
irrigation canal and plants a tree contributes a
bit to poverty alleviation in India. Under NREGA
more than one percent of Indias population
should have done that in the last eight months.
That is the development potential of NREGA. Has
it happened for sure?
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National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act Opportunities Challenges

• More than one percent of Indias population has
  got employment
• It covers the poorest 200 districts
• Targeted at 60 percent of Indias poor
• It covers effectively 38.34 percent of countrys
  rural workers

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National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act Opportunities Challenges

• Growth is not generating employment
• All employment generation programmes have failed
  to generate employment
• Huge work force is becoming useless
• May lead to social strifes

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National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act Opportunities Challenges

• First Act not a scheme
• Focuses on village sustainable development
• Make Panchayats responsible
• Backed by political will