• Dr. Bikash Hazarika

Poverty alleviation has been one of the objectives of the employment generation programmes in India since independence. As a part of India, Assam has also been experiencing the impact of various employment generation schemes initiated by central government on rural poor’s. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA) renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the boldest and most pragmatic approach to the problems of rural poverty and unemployment. In fact, the Scheme ensures the economic security of the rural poor by providing 100 days guaranteed employment. In the present study, an attempt has been made to assess the efficiency of MGNREGA on employment generation in Assam by employing the indicators viz. average number of days of employment per household; percentage of households providing 100 days of employment; job cards issued etc. by using secondary data.

Assam, Employment Generation, Impact, MGNREGA.

"IMPACT OF MGNREGA ON RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN ASSAM: AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 1, page no.h73-h81, January-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2501710.pdf

"IMPACT OF MGNREGA ON RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN ASSAM: AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 1, page no. pph73-h81, January-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2501710.pdf