Impact of MGNREGA-A case Study of Baramulla District

Abstract

MGNREGA is afortune changing scheme providing guaranteed employment to rural people of India. The basic aim of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is to ensure and enhance basic livelihood security of rural households in at national level. This scheme assures employment to unskilled rural laborer for 100 days. With proper and just implementation such type of schemes may be an effective weapon to eradicate poverty. It also aims at transforming the rural areas by improving the economic conditions of the inhabitants. Rural economy is the back-bone of Indian economic development. Provision of employment to rural poor will certainly boost the economy. It increases demand for goods and services. In this article an effort has been made to analyze the socio-economic impact of MGNREGA scheme on the life of beneficiaries of Baramulla district. The findings of the study revealed that the programme has brought the change in the lives of the beneficiaries to great extent. Though it is always a debatable issue that whether such changes, by MGNREGA are sustainable or temporary.