*Asst. Professor, Public Administration, State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD), A. D. Nagar, Agartala-799 003, Tripura
**Asst. Professor, Rural Development, State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD), A. D. Nagar, Agartala - 799 003, Tripura
Online published on 4 June, 2014.
MGNREGS is part of the Government of India's broader commitment to inclusive growth, which aims to address both the economic and social underpinnings of poverty. As a rural wage employment programme, MGNREGS recognized the relevance of incorporating gender equity and empowerment in its design. Various provisions under the Act and its Guidelines aim to ensure that women have equitable and easy access to work, decent working conditions, equal payment of wages and representations on decision-making bodies. From 2006–2007 to 2011–2012, around Rs 53,000 crores. have been spent on wages for women and around 47 percent of the total person days 1 generated have been by women. Overall, MGNREGS has been a positive and important scheme for women.
Mahatma Gandhi - National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MG - NREGA), Mahatma Gandhi - National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG - NREGS), Women's Empowerment, Gender Equity
