Community Welfare and Development Practices through MGNREGA in Obedullaganj Block of Raisen District

Abstract

Unemployment is a disaster for every country; India also suffers a lot during lockdown at the time of Covid-19 Pandemic. MGNREGA is one of the largest Employment Scheme launched by the Indian Government for the betterment of the rural livelihoods in September 2005 named as “NREGA” i.e. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. It was renamed as “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” in 2009 on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 140th birthday. In this scheme 100 days of guaranteed wage employment provided in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members is agree to do unskilled work. The main focus is to facilitate the social protection for the people living in rural India by providing employment opportunities & contributing towards overall development of local people. This research is based on the 100 MGNREGA Job Card Holders rural people of Obedullaganj Block from Raisen District. This research is empirical in nature and descriptive in design. In this research Interview schedule is used as a tool, non-participant observation and purposive random sampling is used as a technique. Primary data sources were used to find out the impact of MGNREGA on development of rural peoples social, educational and health status. Data also shows the impact of MGNREGA on income generation, prevention of migration and development of assets in rural areas. This research shows the community welfare and development practices done by MGNREGA for the development of rural. MGNREGA has played a great role as a lifeline of rural employment in rural India.