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Volume : II, Issue : VII, August - 2012 Impact Of Watershed Works Of MGNREGA On Poverty Alleviation – A Micro Level Study. S.KRISHNAN and A.BALAKRISHNAN DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : In India, our rural masses lack the basic infrastructure facilities to sustain their life.
Rural India constitutes about 72 percent of the total population. Their small holdings
provide them with minimal yield to support their existence. The opportunities to have
better standard of living in rural areas of our country are minimal. The labour force will
increase by 520 lakhs during the 11th plan period based on the growth of working age
population. If the current trend of more women seeking jobs continues, mostly in rural
areas, the labour force will be around 650 lakhs. This increase will be in addition to the
current 350 lakhs unemployed. So India has to provide employment to around 1000 lakhs
people. Most of them in rural areas. It is therefore be the duty of the state to generate
employment opportunities. In this regard, the Govt. of India has introduced NATIONAL
RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE Act in Sep 2005in the Parliament, and launched
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in February 2006, in the selected 200
districts of the country. It was further extended to 113 districts in April 2007 and it is now
operational in all districts from April 2008. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : S.KRISHNAN and A.BALAKRISHNAN, (2012). Impact Of Watershed Works Of MGNREGA On Poverty Alleviation – A Micro Level Study.. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1223.pdf References : - Kareemulla .K., Srinivas Reddy.K., Ramarao C.A., Shalander Kumar and Venkateswarlu.B.”Soil and water conservation works through national rural employment Guarantee scheme (NREGS) in Andhra Pradesh. An analysis of livelihood impact” Agricultural Economic Research Review Vol.22 2009 pp 443-450.
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