• Dr Sameer Ahmad Shalla

The study was undertaken in four blocks in two districts of J&K viz. Poonch in Jammu division and Kupwara in Kashmir division. The study is an attempt to investigate the participation of socially backward communities such as SCs, STs and women in various works undertaken in MGNREGA. The study employed descriptive methodology in that both quantitative and qualitative data was utilized for arriving at the findings. The study observed that the participation of socially backward communities has drastically gone down over the years. The factors which contributed to this bad trend are reduction in budget allocation, bad implementation and a complete failure of implementing machinery to make socially backward communities aware about various entitlements and rights enshrined in the MGNREGA Act. The problem also lies in lack of social audit invariably in all the four blocks of the present study

MGNREGA, SC, ST, Women, Implementation

"AWARENESS, ENTITLEMENTS AND PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY BACKWARD COMMUNITIES IN MGNREGA IN J&K", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.174-181, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006032.pdf

"AWARENESS, ENTITLEMENTS AND PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY BACKWARD COMMUNITIES IN MGNREGA IN J&K", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp174-181, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006032.pdf