Abstract
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) guarantees 100 days of employment in a financial year to any rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. A study was undertaken to assess the training needs of MGNREGA beneficiaries in the Dharmapuri district, one of the most backward districts of Tamil Nadu. A Proportionate random sampling method was used to select 120 respondents for this study. The data was collected using a well-structured and pre-tested interview schedule, and appropriate statistical tools were used for analysis. The findings of the study reveal that majority of the respondents expressed training needs on seven major subject areas i.e., Checking multiple entries in job cards, active participation in gram sabha meetings, operations of savings accounts in banks/ post office, Active participation in social audit, work allocation procedure and awareness on grievance redressal mechanisms. The majority preferred to have peripatetic training in their panchayat union office for a day during the summer season on forenoon session.
Highlights
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the largest social security scheme in the world implemented in our nation
This scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to all adult members of any rural household willing to do public-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage
MGNREGA started in three phases, the first phase in 2006 covering 200 districts, the second phase in 20072008 covering another 130 districts, and in the third and final phase, the remaining districts have been notified under NREGA with effect from 1st April 2008
Summary
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the largest social security scheme in the world implemented in our nation. This scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to all adult members of any rural household willing to do public-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage. The creation of durable assets from these manual works would help in soil and water conservation towards natural resource conservation This long-term benefits of environmental enhancement is expected to increase farm production and productivity. Keeping this in view, a study was undertaken to assess the training needs of MGNREGA beneficiaries in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu
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