1Professor and HOD of Political Science, S.R. Kantti Arts, Commerce and Science College, Mudhol
2Professor and HOD of Economics, SJM First Grade College of Arts and Commerce, Tarikere
3Professor and HOD of Sociology, Assistant Professor, GFGC, Kabbahalli
*Corresponding Author Email: appurathod23@gmail.com
Online published on 2 May, 2023.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee act or (MGNREGA) was notified in India on September 2005 with a mandate to provide at least hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose members above the age of eighteen years volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The main focus of the act is to facilitate the social protection for the people living in rural India by providing employment opportunities and therefore contributing towards the overall development of the local people. In this context, The present study is confined itself to examine the impact of MGNREGA on overall economic and social development of beneficiaries in Kalburgi district of Karnataka. The study was carried out in the disaster affected areas of Kalburgi with beneficiaries as respondents. The results found the MGNREGA has significantly improved their social and economic well-being.
Mgnrega Benefit Kalburgi District
