Title : MGNREGA

Date : Feb 10, 2022

Description :

GS II

 

Topic à Government Schemes:

• About MGNREGA:
• The program was launched in 2005 as a social initiative that guarantees the “right to work”.
• A key point of this social and labour law is that local/state government will have to formally provide at least 100 days of wages in rural India to improve their quality of life.

 

• Key objectives:

 

• Generation of paid rural employment of not less than 100 days for each volunteer worker with unskilled work.
• Continuing to ensure community inclusion by strengthening the livelihood of the rural poor.
• Construction of durable infrastructure in rural areas such as springs, lakes, roads and canals.
• Reduce urban migration from rural areas.
• Building rural infrastructure through underutilized domestic workers.

 

• The following are eligible ways to receive benefits under the MGNREGA program:

 

• You must be a citizen of India to claim the benefits of MGNREGA.
• A job applicant has completed 18 years of age.
• The applicant must be part of a local family of that village (i.e. the application must be made through a local Gram Panchayat).
• Applicants must volunteer for unskilled jobs.

 

• Program implementation:

 

• Within 15 days of submitting the application or from the date on which the job is sought, salary work will be provided to the applicant.
• There is a right to receive an unemployment benefit grant, in the event that the work is not granted within 15 days of submission of the application or from the date of application.
• The Social Audit of MGNREGA works is mandatory to enhance their accountability and transparency.

 

• Source à The Hindu

Tags : Social Audit, right to work