ABSTRACT
A major section in world is facing problem of poverty and unemployment. Rural people specifically women are the victims of this poverty and unemployment, in order to eliminate these, government also undertake some employment and poverty alleviation programmes like MGNREGA.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is first ever law internationally, that guarantees wage employment at an unprecedented scale. The primary objective of the MGNREGA is augmenting wage employment. Its auxiliary objective is strengthening natural resource management through works that address causes of chronic poverty like deforestation, drought and soil erosion and so encourage sustainable development.
To strengthen the democratic system and enhance transparency and accountability in it, the process outcomes are focused towards improving the grassroots methodology of democracy.
This paper discuss benefits of MGNREGA and its implementation, it focus to identify the influence and role of MGNREGA in rural women development and growth, and also suggested for the better implementation of this scheme. Mainly on the basis of primary data analysis, this paper attempts to highlight the role of MGNREGA in the empowerment of women in Rajasthan.
The current research study will forth valuable insights with respect to the implementation of the Act and would indubitably function as an eye-opener for the authorities and policy makers to recognize and remedy the problems and constraints in the implementation.
KEYWORDS: MGNREGA, Poverty, Rajasthan, Women Empowerment
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