1Assitant Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow), Indore-453441, M.P.
2Professor, Department of Extension Education, NDUA&T, Kumarganj, Faizabad-224229, U.P.
3Research Scholar, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi-221005, U.P.
4Research Scholar, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi-221005, U.P.
5Research Scholar, Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, B.H.U., Varanasi-221005, U.P.
*Corresponding author email id: arun.csa2009@gmail.com
The present study was carried out at Milkipur block in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. A sample of16 officials and 108 non-officials, thus a total of 124 respondents associated with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) were considered to assess the barriers which hinder the effective implementation and management of scheme. The constraints which are faced by most of the officials are non-performance of village panchayat in discharging duties as per guidelines of officials, delay in getting budget from top consequently delayed allocation of budget at panchayat level, lack of cooperation between gram panchayat and gram sabha on site selection, plan preparation and implementation under monopoly of village panchayat. Similarly non-officials mostly indicated that village panchayat does not receive budget in time. Social pressure hinders the work. The suggestions of the officials to mitigate the constraints are better coordination among beneficiaries, officials and non officials and timely release of budget to avoid time lag in distribution. Similarly the suggestions from non-officials are equipping panchayat with more funds for effective implementation of the scheme and equal distribution of budget to each panchayat.
MGNREGS, Constraints, Suggestions, Officials and Non-officials
