• Brinder Kumar
• Dipankar Sengupta
• Manoj Bhat

The study is based on secondary data to determine the work participation of women under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Jammu and Kashmir and also to analyze the inter-district variations. The study finds that Jammu and Kashmir has shown the increasing trends of women’s participation in MGNERGA among the consecutive years. The participation of women in MGNERGA has been increasing day by day which creates self-confidence, positive thinking and decision-making ability of women in the society. The social security scheme that aims to guarantee the right to work, easy access to work and equal payment of wages for equal work especially for women workers of rural areas. According to this act, about one-third of the stipulated work is reserved for women which helps in providing livelihood and gives financial support to rural women so that their quality of life must be improved which ultimately becomes an important tool for inclusive growth and sustainable development in rural India The Act focused on various works which help in creating durable assets such as roads, canals, ponds and wells for improving the purchasing power of semi-skilled and un-skilled rural people of India.

MGNERGA, Work Participation of Women, Jammu and Kashmir

"Participation of Women in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.56-60, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808010.pdf

"Participation of Women in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: A Case Study of Jammu and Kashmir", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp56-60, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808010.pdf