Need for convergence of MNREGA and food security act to tackle natural disasters in India

Independent studies and research indicates that NREGA has aided in enhancement of agricultural productivity through water harvesting, checkdams, groundwater recharging, improve moisture content, check in soil erosion, and micro-irrigation, steeming of distress mitigation, increased access to markets and services through rural connectivity works, supplementing household incomes, increase in women work force participation ratios and regeneration of natural resources. MGNREGA is yielding better results compared to earlier poverty eradication programmes. To meet any natural calamities, MGNREGA will be a good mechanism to counter it properly restoring sustainability of environment and providing livelihood to the natural disasters victims people in different areas.During occurrence of any natural disasters food insecurity arises among the people. To tackle this challenge, both the Food Security Act and MGNREGA must be converged, to provide social security to the people of any natural disaster prone areas of our country.