Women participation in mgnrega with special reference to Dehradun district of Uttarakhand

The Gandhian Approach and Techniques for integrated rural development has been analysed as an alternative path for rural development. In 2nd Feb, 2006 the Central Government started its very ambitious programme named National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) which is known as Mahatma Gandhi NREGA from 2nd Oct, 2009. This programme guarantees one hundred (100) days of unskilled work per rural household. For the empowerment of the rural women this programme ensures that of the total workers at least one third workers should be women. More importantly, the Act aims at eradication of extreme poverty and at making villages self sustaining through productive assets creation. In this paper the study area is the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Secondary data is taken for the study purpose on number of registered and active women workers under GNREGA, bank account details of women under MGNREGA, number of person days generated of women under MGNREGA. In our results we can see that the condition of the rural women is improved after this programme. Now they have sufficient amount in their hands to meet there small daily expenditures. Their participation rate in the programme is more than seventy five percent out of the total beneficiary in a particular area. MGNREGA programme proves as a very effective tool for the socio-economic upliftment of the rural women