*Faculty, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Nagarjuna Nagar
**Freelance Scholar, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Nagarjuna Nagar
Online published on 12 July, 2019.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a flagship Programme of Government of India. MGNREGA is enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by generating wage employment through works. This requires strong ICT systems for the effective management and implementation of the scheme. The e-governance is a strong tool for monitoring MGNREGA works, finding irregularities and areas for improvement. The ICT and e-governance makes transparency in this program, the data have been updated every day which give correct information about progress of work. It also provides information about the areas improvement. They admit that the best use of ICT is that it cutting down the cost and reducing time consumption. In this context this paper analyses the importance of ICT in Rural Development and examined the role of ICT as an effective tool in the functioning of MGNREGS.
Information and Communication technologies (ICT), Rural Development, MGNREGA, Panchayati Raj Institutions
