ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MGNREGP ON THE ENHANCEMENT OF LIVELIHOOD SECURITY IN SIVAGANGAI DISTRICT TAMIL NADU
Dr. Lourdes Poobala Rayen
The livelihood securities are the pivotal tool which paves a way for the quality of life and improves the economic well-being of the beneficiaries of any program. The MGNREGP is a vital program for eradicating the rural unemployment and poverty which guarantees 150 days of labour in the rural parts of the country. This program offers an alternative but a tangible means of livelihood security to the beneficiaries. It allots a skillful labour in the village level and alleviates poverty to a considerable margin. Thus, it makes villages to a level of self-sustainment through productive but common community assets creation viz., formation of new ponds, deepening the old ponds, oornanies, temple tanks, desilting of water tanks , desilting and strengthening of the water tanks and supply channels, formation of new roads, harvesting structures, preservation of soil conservation works, creation of rural connectivities, Planting the tree saplings under Green cover scheme, Construction & infrastructure works, Rural sanitation, Land development, Flood control & protection works, and Rural connectivity to provide all-weather access. In this paper, the researcher presents the potential Economic benefits of MGNREGP and the Economic force created by MGNREGP on the life of the beneficiaries towards the objective for which the program had been designed.
KEY WORDS: MGNREGP, livelihood security, tangible benefits, legal entitlement, principle of self-selection
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Vol | : | 4 |
Issue | : | 11 |
Month | : | November |
Year | : | 2016 |