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1 89 FAQs MGNREGA90 FAQs MGNREGA91 FAQs MGNREGACONTENTSC hapter Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT1 GUARANTEE ACT: A PARADIGM SHIFT2 KEY STAKEHOLDERS- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES53 JOB CARDS, DEMAND FOR WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT15 ALLOWANCE4 INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND HUMAN RESOURCES205 CAPACITY BUILDING AND AWARENESS GENERATION286 PLANNING FOR WORKS AND PREPARATION OF30 LABOUR BUDGET7 WORKS AND THEIR EXECUTION338 PAYMENT OF WAGES429 STRATEGY FOR VULNERABLE GROUPS4610 RECORDS4911 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS)5012 FINANCING MGNREGA5413 TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL AUDIT,64 VIGILANCE AND GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL14 QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF MGNREGA WORKS7115 FRAMEWORK FOR CONVERGENCE BETWEEN MGNREGA73 AND OTHER PROGRAMMES16 ORGANISING THE WORKERS7617 PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY7918 STRENGTHENING PANCHAYATS8492 FAQs MGNREGA1 FAQs MGNREGAMAHATMA Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT:A PARADIGM is the Mandate of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act( MGNREGA )?

2 Mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in afinancial year to every Rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual are the core objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment GuaranteeScheme (MGNREGS)?A. The core objectives of the MGNREGS are:(a)Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employmentin a financial year to every household in Rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation ofproductive assets of prescribed quality and durability;(b)Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor;(c)Proactively ensuring social inclusion and(d)Strengthening Panchayati Raj are the Goals of MGNREGA ?

3 Goals are:i)Social protection for the most vulnerable people living in Rural India by guaranteeing wageemployment )Enhance livelihood security of the Rural poor through generation of wage employmentopportunities in works leading to creation of durable )Rejuvenate natural resource base of Rural )Create a durable and productive Rural asset MGNREGAvi)Empowerment of the socially disadvantaged, especially, women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)and Scheduled Tribes (STs), through the processes of a rights-based )Strengthen decentralised, participatory planning through convergence of various anti-povertyand livelihoods )Deepen democracy at the grassroots by strengthening Panchayati Raj was Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act passed by the IndianParliament?

4 Indian Parliament passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on23rd August was the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Notified? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was notified through the Gazetteof India (Extraordinary) Notification dated September 7, 2005; it came into force on February 2, 2006in 200 backward and what amendment was made to change the nomenclature of the Act from NREGAto MGNREGA ? 2nd October 2009 an amendment was made in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act2005, to change the nomenclature of the Act from NREGA to MGNREGA .

5 The Section 1 (1) wasamended by renaming the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with the words the MahatmaGandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (The Gazette of India Extraordinary Notificationdated 2nd October 2009, No. 53). the Employment Guarantee Act restricted to particular States or districts? , it is implemented in all Rural districts of the was implemented in 200 districts in the first phase with effect from February 2006 andextended subsequently, to additional 113 and 17 districts with effect from April 1st 2007 and May 15th2007, respectively.

6 The remaining districts were included under the Act with effect from April 1st,2008. Currently, the Act is under implementation in 644 districts of the country with substantial is the relationship between the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment GuaranteeAct ( Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme ( Mahatma Gandhi NREGS)?3 FAQs MGNREGAM ahatma Gandhi NREGAM ahatma Gandhi NREGSThe Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act ( Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) is thefoundation for the Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme MahatmaGandhi NREGS) and provides guaranteedemploymentThe Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme ( Mahatma Gandhi NREGS)

7 ,created as directed in Mahatma Gandhi NREGAand the means to implement the Act so that theguarantee comes into effectMahatma Gandhi NREGA was notified on 7thSeptember 05 Different States have notified Mahatma GandhiNREGS on different dates but within a year ofMahatma Gandhi NREGA an amendment can be made to the schedules of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA 2005? the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to do so, it may, by notification,amend Schedule I or Schedule II and thereupon Schedule I or Schedule II, as the case may be, shallbe deemed to have been amended (Section 29, of the Act).

8 State Government is having any powers to make rules for effective implementationof Mahatma Gandhi NREGS? , the State Government may by notification make rules to carry out the provisions of Act subjectto the conditions of consistency with Mahatma Gandhi NREGA and rules made by the CentralGovernment [(Section 32(1)]. the Central and State Governments delegate the powers of implementation? , the Central Government may delegate powers (excluding the power to make rules) to StateGovernments or subordinate officer by a notification and State Governments can delegate the powersto subordinates (Section 26).)

9 The Central Government specified the featuresand conditions for guaranteed employment inMahatma Gandhi NREGA 2005 The State Governments have to incorporate allfeatures of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in the StateMahatma Gandhi NREGS as mentioned inSchedule I and condition of employment asmentioned in Schedule-II of Mahatma GandhiNREGAThe Central Government has powers to makerules and to amend Mahatma Gandhi NREGAThe State Governments have powers to makerules and amend the concerned State schemeMahatma Gandhi NREGA has been notifiedthrough the Gazette of India Extraordinarynotification and is National legislationMahatma Gandhi NREGS of a State has beennotified through the Official Gazette of what way paradigm shift has taken place with the implementation of MGNREGA ?

10 Is demand driven wage employment programme and resource transfer from Centre toStates is based on the demand for employment in each State. MGNREGA is bottom-up, people-centred, demand-driven, self-selecting and rights-based programme. It provides a legal guaranteefor wage employment by providing allowances and compensation both in cases of failure to providework on demand and delays in payment of wages for work undertaken. Plans and decisions regardingthe nature and choice of works to be undertaken, the order in which each worksite selection etc.