• Dr.R. KALIDOSS
• S. MUTHUKUMAR

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was implemented and came into force on February 2, 2006. It was the first Act of its kind in the world wherein an economic safety net is provided to around 2/3rd of the population through a right to work. The scale on which it has been provided is just mindboggling, around 1/10th of the world population. It was second in a series of right based policies Government of India has rolled out in the past decade. This research considers the performance of MGNREGA since its inception and examines its objectives, design and the several modifications in it. The purpose is to examine the consistency and effectiveness of this policy.

MGNREGA, rural employment, poverty eradication, rural transformation, etc.

"MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT – AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.616-619, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06107.pdf

"MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT – AN OVERVIEW ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp616-619, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBP06107.pdf