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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

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