Role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Rural Asset Creation in India –An Analysis

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  • K Dhananjaya
  • M.S Prathibha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1956/jge.v7i4.44

Keywords:

Indian Economy, Rural Development, MNREGA

Abstract

The MGNREGA ranks among the most powerful initiatives ever undertaken for transformation of rural livelihoods in India. The unprecedented commitment of financial resources is matched only by its imaginative architecture that promises a radically fresh programme of rural development. However, for MGNREGA to realise its potential, it must focus on raising the productivity of agriculture in India’s most backward regions. This can then lead further to the creation of allied livelihoods on the foundation of water security. This is also the only way we can envision a decline in the size of the work guarantee over time, as public investment under MGNREGA leads to higher rural incomes, that in turn spurs private investment and greater incomes and employment.

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Published

31.12.2011

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Dhananjaya, K. and Prathibha, M. (2011) “Role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Rural Asset Creation in India –An Analysis”, Journal of Global Economy, 7(4), pp. 275–291. doi: 10.1956/jge.v7i4.44.

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