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[author] => Dr.P. Gopal Naik [googlescholar] => https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KeqZGcIAAAAJ&hl=en [doi] => [year] => 2018 [month] => January [volume] => 6 [issue] => 1 [file] => eprapub/EW201801-01-002256.pdf [abstract] =>

Rural economy is the backbone of the Indian Economy- Gandhiji.

 

Direct participation of the people in the development activities’ improves accountability and transparency in the process of identification of beneficiaries. Though the Indian economy is the 11th largest economy in the world in terms of GDP and the 4th by purchasing power parity till there is existing 27 percent of poverty, of these 75 percent are in the rural India. The NREGS stands as a crucial pathway for reducing rural poverty and achieving human development. NREG scheme is now seen as one of the most promising types of intervention to reduce poverty and empower rural folk by providing 100 days guaranteed employment. The present attempt is made to study the impact of NREGS on provision of employment and income generation of rural poor in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. It found that there is positively significant impact of NREGS on rural poverty alleviation by providing employment and income generation opportunities in the study area. The impact NREG Scheme is higher on female than the male labour.

KEYWORDS: beneficiaries, guaranteed employment, NREG, rural community, rural development

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