Splint International Journal Of Professionals

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 4

Employment opportunities for persons with disability under mgnrega

  • Author:
  • T. Srikanth Reddy
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 73 to 78

Research Scholar, Department of Public Administration & HRM, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, India

Online published on 4 March, 2021.

Abstract

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is considered as a "Silver Bullet" for eradicating rural poverty and unemployment, by way of generating demand for productive labour force in villages. It is a boon for Person with Disability(PWD) to Earn their livelihood. It aims at providing 150 Days work for each Family in a year. Persons with disability are Provided Suitable works to their abilities, and are given equal wages along eith th Non-disabled Candidates/Labours For which it has been considered as the largest anti-poverty programme in the world. But the success of this Act depends upon its proper implementation.

Keywords

Persons with disability, Employment, Equal wages, Non-Disabled