#NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act The National | Agriculture Exams Library
#NREGA National Rural Employment Guarantee Act The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, (NREGA) was notified on September 7, 2005.
The objective of the Act is to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
i)Strong social safety net for the vulnerable groups by providing a full-back employment source, when other employment alternatives are scarce or inadequate;
ii)Growth engine for sustainable development of an agricultural economy. Through the process of providing employment on works that address causes of chronic poverty such as drought, deforestation and soil erosion, the Act seeks to strengthen the natural resource base of rural livelihood and create durable assets in rural areas Effectively implemented, NREGA has the potential to transform the geography of poverty.
iii) Empowerment of rural poor through the processes of a rights-based Law.
(iv) New ways of doing business, as a model of governance reform anchored on the principles of transparency and grass root democracy. Thus NREGA fosters conditions for inclusive growth ranging from basic wage security and recharging rural economy to a transformative empowerment process of democracy.
