Participation of women workers in mgnrega: A case study of Jaipur District of Rajasthan

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is one of the most progressive legislations enacted for the rural India. The act, entitles rural households to 100 days of casual employment on public works at the statutory minimum wage. It is also committed to ensuring that at least 33 per cent of the workers shall be women for generating employment for women at fair wages in the village. MGNREGA is a powerful instrument for ensuring inclusive growth in rural India through its impact on social protection, livelihood security and democratic empowerment. This programme has completed almost nine years. Now, the implementation of the scheme has become an important issue of debate and research. The main focus of this paper is on women empowerment through women participation in MGNREGA in Jaipur districts of Rajasthan. This paper is based on both primary and secondary data. The major finding of this study is that most of the MGNREGA work is done by marginalized section women's.