NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GURANTEE ACT

NREGA

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1NREGAINTRODUCTION

2MANAGEMENT OF NREGA

3PARTICIPATI-

ON IN NREGA

INTRODUCTION TO ‘NREGA’

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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is an Indian job guarantee scheme, enacted by legislation on August 25, 2005. The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage of 120 (US$2.43) per day in 2009 prices. The Central government outlay for scheme is 40,000 crore (US$8.11 billion) in FY 2010-11

WHAT IS ‘NREGA’ ?

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What are the Unique Features of NREGA?

Time bound employment guarantee and wage payment within 15 daysIncentive-disincentive structure to the State Governments for providing employment as 90 per cent of the cost for employment provided is borne by the Centre or payment of unemployment allowance at their own cost and emphasis on labour intensive works prohibiting the use of contractors and machinery.The Act mandates a 33 per-cent participation for women.

he India State Hunger Index 2008 by the International Food Policy Research Institute. Per-cent of population living under Punjab has the best nutritional the poverty line, which is 356.35 situation, whereas malnutrition in Madhya rupees or around $7 a month in rural Pradesh is worse than in Ethiopia or Sudan. areas.

HOW THE POVERTY LEADS TO INTRODUCE NREGA ?

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Flood control and protection works including drainage in water logged areas

Rural connectivity to provide all weather access . Other works notified by the Central/State Government

TYPES OF WORK UNDER THE SCHEME:

Water conservation and Water harvesting .

Drought proofing(A forestation and tree plantation) Irrigation canals.

Provision of irrigation facility to land owned by SC/ST/beneficiaries under Indira Aawas-Yozna .

Renovation of traditional water bodies De-silting of tanks .

Land development

Gram -Panchayat will issue a Job Card after registration . Job card containing the details of adult members of household such as ; Names ,age ,address and photographs. Registration will be made for five years and may be renewed from time to time.

EMPLOYMENT CARD

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» Share your present a Central Government to pay for: wage costs, 75% of material costs, and some administrative costs.

» State governments to pay for: 25% of material costs ,other administrative costs, unemployment allowance.

COST SHARING:

?WORKING GROUPS IN PER-CENT

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Women: 40%

Scheduled Tribes (ST): 36% Scheduled Castes (SC):

26% SC/ST Combined:

62%

SHARE OF WOMEN IN NREGA EMPLOYMENT

National average: 40%

Highest shares: Tamil Nadu

81% . Rajasthan 67% Kerala 66% Andhra Pradesh 55%

Lowest shares: Bihar 17% .

Uttar Pradesh 17% Himachal Pradesh 12%

Jammu & Kashmir 4%

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