Benefits of MGNREGA:
- It provides social protection for the most vulnerable people living in rural India by guaranteeing wage employment opportunities.
- Enhances livelihood security of the rural poor through the generation of wage employment opportunities in works leading to the creation of durable assets.
- Rejuvenates the natural resource base of rural areas.
- Creates a durable and productive rural asset base.
- Provides empowerment to socially disadvantaged, especially, women, Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), through the processes of rights-based legislation.
- Strengthens decentralised, participatory planning through the convergence of various anti-poverty and livelihoods initiatives.
- Deepens democracy at the grassroots by strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Further Reading:
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
- Inclusive Growth, Government Strategy – An Overview
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