A study on Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee program (MGNREGP) in Thuinjapuram block Thiruvannamalai district in Tamilnadu

In 2005, India’s parliament passed the national rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGAA) which is the central government’s response to the constitutionally manifested right to work and a means to promote livelihood security in India’s rural areas. To this end, the act guarantees 100 days of manual employment at statutory minimum wage rates to any rural household whose adult members willing to do unskilled manual work. The manual work needs to create sustainable assets that promote the economic and infrastructure development of village. This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or unskilled work to people living in rural India, whether or not they are below the poverty line. Around one third of stipulated work force is women. It was initially called the national rural employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) but it was renamed on 2nd October 2009- namely mahatma Gandhi national rural Employment Programme