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Volume : III, Issue : X, November - 2013 Mgnregs Is Demand Driven But Has Become Target Driven A Ground Realities Observed In Daringbadi Block, Odisha Banamali Montry DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), enacted by the Government of India in 2005, is perhaps the most ambitious anti-poverty scheme launched anywhere in the world. However, as reported by the various studies, the scheme has shown several anomalies when it comes to its implementation in the right manner. Some anomalies relating to the implementation of this scheme was observed during the conduction of the research study on “Tribal Development Through Institutional Arrangements”in Daringbadi block, Kandhamal District, Odisha. Though 48.61 % of job card holding households found to have been worked under MGNREGS in the block during 2012-13 but their awareness level on the various provisions of the schemes and on the process of implementation was completely poor. 150 respondents of 36 villages of the 12 GPs of the block were interviewed with a set of questionnaires to know the reality of MGNREGS implementation in the block, the findings of which in gist has been presented in this article with suggestive measures. The study shows that MGNREGA which is demand driven has become target driven in the block. The findings needs further probing in other blocks of the district and elsewhere in the state. The effort of the study is not to blame any individual or show fault in the system or but to generate reflection in the minds of the policy makers and implementers to bring necessary improvement in the implementation of the scheme and lead the scheme towards desired objectives.
Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Banamali Montry, (2013). Mgnregs Is Demand Driven But Has Become Target Driven A Ground Realities Observed In Daringbadi Block, Odisha. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. X, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3303.pdf References : - Barrett, C.B, M.R. Carter, and M. Ikegami, (2008) Poverty traps and social protection. Discussion paper, World Bank.
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