Performance of Mgnrega in Madurai District with Special reference to Tamilnadu Thangamayan S.1, Chandrachud S.2, Sugumar S. N.3 1Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, (Deemed to be University), Chennai 2Associate Professor, Department of Economics, VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, (Deemed to be University), Chennai 3Professor and Head, Department of Economics, VELS Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, (Deemed to be University), Chennai Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has given rise to the largest-ever employment in human history. The share of SC/ST families in the work provided under MGNREGA is over 47 per cent and around 49 per cent of workers are women. They not only provide employment opportunities during lean agricultural seasons but also in times of floods, droughts and other natural calamities. They create rural infrastructure, which support further economic activity. Apart from providing livelihood to millions of household, these programmes have become a significant vehicle for strengthening grassroots level democratic processes. Employment generation programmes in India continue to be one of the major interventions aimed at alleviating rural poverty. Assured wage rate and employment opportunities are the important determinants of rural poverty in India. By improving the purchasing power of the rural people living below poverty line, both assured wage rate and improved employment opportunities help them to cross the poverty barriers in a sustained manner. The present study is undertaken to highlight of the MGNREGA implemented to uplift the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes their impact for socio-economic development, in the study area of Madurai district in the state of Ta mil Nadu. Top Keywords Employment Opportunities, performance, Impact. Top |