MGNREGA - MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACTMAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE ACT OR MGNREGA IS AN INDIAN JOB GUARANTEE SCHEME, ENACTED BY LEGISLATION ON AUGUST 25, 2005. THE SCHEME PROVIDES A LEGAL GUARANTEE FOR ONE
HUNDRED DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT IN EVERY FINANCIAL YEAR TO ADULT MEMBERS OF ANY RURAL HOUSEHOLD WILLING TO DO PUBLIC WORKS-RELATED UNSKILLED MANUAL WORK. THIS ACT WAS INTRODUCED WITH AN AIM OF
IMPROVING THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE RURAL PEOPLE, PRIMARILY SEMI OR UN-SKILLED WORK TO PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL INDIA, WHETHER OR NOT THEY
ARE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
THE NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ON SEPTEMBER, 2005 AND WAS MADE EFFECTIVE W.E.F. 2ND FEBRUARY 2006.
NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME (NREGS) WAS INTRODUCED IN DISTRICT HAMIRPUR ON 1.4.2008.
STATE GOVT. INITIATIVE: PLANTATION WORKS FOR SMALL AND MARGINAL FARMERS AND CONSTRUCTION OF PANCHAYAT GHARS AND RURAL KNOWLEDGE CENTRES ARE INTRODUCED.