Know about Objective and Achievements of MGNREGA
About MGNREGA The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employee Guarantee Scheme is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’. It has generated more rural employment than any other government scheme or private initiative in the history of independent India. At the same time, it has also generated a great deal of controversy over its merits and demerits. The MGNREGA stands for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005. This is labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘Right to Work’. The act was first proposed in 1991 by P.V. Narasimha Rao. Key Objectives of MGNREGA MGNREGA which has been hailed as the world’s largest and most ambitious social project was designed with the following key objectives in mind: • Generation of paid rural employment of not less than 100 days for each worker who volunteers for unskilled labour. • Proactively ensuring social inclusion by strengthening livelihood base of ru...