MGNREGA_SAMEEKSHA
MGNREGA_SAMEEKSHA
MGNREGA_SAMEEKSHA
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Contents<br />
List of Tables, Figures and Boxes<br />
Foreword by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Rural Development<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
List of Abbreviations<br />
vii<br />
ix<br />
xiii<br />
xv<br />
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 1<br />
Objectives and Salient Features<br />
Mandate and Objectives 1<br />
Coverage 2<br />
Salient Features of the Act 2<br />
A Paradigm Shift 3<br />
Performance of mgnrega 3<br />
Chapter 1: Income and Livelihood Security 5<br />
Impact on Poverty and Deprivation 5<br />
Mgnrega and Market Wages 8<br />
Participation of Marginalised Communities 12<br />
Works on Private Lands of the Marginalised 12<br />
Chapter 2: Gender and Social Empowerment 18<br />
Women Participation in mgnrega 18<br />
Reduced Differential Wages and Wage Parity 21<br />
Economic Independence and Empowerment of Women 23