MGNREGA: Making Way for Social Change in Women's: A Case Study of Musunuru Mandal in Andhra Pradesh

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is an epoch making event in the history of independent India. There is much that the NREGA promises from the perspective of women's empowerment as well. Most boldly, in a rural milieu marked by stark inequalities between men and women in the opportunities for gainful employment afforded as well as wage rates NREGA represents action on both these counts. The act stipulates that wages will be equal for men and women. Andhra Pradesh and Panchayat have been very vigilant in spreading awareness about NREGA through radio, poster, television, notice board on gram sabhas Vision Mahatma Gandhi NREGA seeks to enhance the livelihood security of the women's in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every women whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work., etc. The manifold functions taken up by MGNREGA members range from identification of projects to supervision of works and submission of records for wage disbursement. The objective of the Study is to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every poor women's whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. This work guarantee can also serve other objectives generating productive assets, protecting the environment, empowering rural women, reducing rural urban migration and fostering social equity, among others. The main of objective of the paper is to study the performance of women labourers in generating employment in the study area.