Impact of Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme on women empowerment in tirunlveli district, Tamilnadu

Abstract

With the objective of producing a well designed wage employment program to address poverty more effectively, the Government of India formulated the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), aimed at enhancing the livelihood security of the poor by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work. The MGNREGA has evoked wide interest because of the magnitude of rural poverty which it is expected to reduce by providing an exit pathway. According to the latest statistics, India was home to 355 million people living in poverty out of which 278 million or 78% were in rural areas. The argument for developing and implementing strategies to reduce poverty by increasing productive employment opportunities in rural areas is compelling and has shown results. The present study is made in such away to analyse the consequence of MNREGS on the women empowerment in Tirunelveli district of Tamilnadu. The result showed certain significance in it.