MGNREGA — Design, Impact & Implementation Issues

Knowledge Themes

Structural Subtopics

• Legal entitlement to 100 days of work and unemployment allowance
• Rights-based approach vs welfare-based approach
• Role of Gram Sabhas in decentralized planning and social audits
• Impact on rural wage rates and distress migration
• Empowerment of women and marginalized communities through inclusive participation
• Challenges of wage payment delays and the Aadhaar-Based Payment System
• Performance of durable community and individual asset creation
• Funding patterns and central-state financial sharing issues
• Technological interventions like Geo-NREGA and National Mobile Monitoring System
• Convergence with other schemes like PMGSY and Mission Amrit Sarovar
• Analysis of budgetary allocations and demand-driven nature
• Project UNNATI for skill development of workers
• Effectiveness of grievance redressal mechanisms and the Ombudsperson
• Impact on groundwater levels and agricultural productivity via water conservation works