ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2019, Volume : 9, Issue : 4
First page : ( 107) Last page : ( 119)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

Analysis of the performance of mgnrega: A study of Jammu and Kashmir

Nabi Tawheed

Assistant Professor, Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University

Online published on 8 May, 2019.

Abstract

Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act was passed with a view to provide hundred days of guaranteed wage employment to the venerable sections of the society in order to raise the living standard of these sections of society. The State of Jammu and Kashmir is predominately an agrarian state with nearly 75 percent of the population resides in the rural areas. Out of which 26.14 percent is living below the poverty line (BPL), which in average terms means that out of every four persons, one belongs to the BPL category. NREGA was extended to three backward districts in Jammu & Kashmir (Doda, Kupwara and Poonch) during the first phase in 2006, and was later extended to two more districts (Anantnag and Jammu) during the second phase and finally to the entire State during the third phase in 2008–09. From 2006–07 up to the year 2015–16, the scheme could provide employment to 5465802 households as against 8011715 job cards. Thus, 68.22 percent of the total job card holders in the State were provided employment. In the light of official data collected from the Rural Development Department this paper examines both financial and physical performance of MGNREGA in the State by focusing on the issues like, job cards issued, man-days generated and employment provided to households. After the proper analysis of the data it was found that performance of the scheme in the State is far from satisfactory and state has to work hard to make the scheme purposeful and goal oriented.

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Keywords

Mgnrega, BPL, Job cards, Gram panchayat, J&K, Rural Employment, Poverty elevation.

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