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Abstract
MGNREGA scheme is a revolutionary step for Indias poor in alleviating their poverty. MGNREGA scheme is the biggest anti-poverty alleviation programme in the world. The act NREGA came into force in 2006 but on 2nd October 2009 it has changed into MGNREGA. Initially, 200 districts were selected for the enforcement of the scheme and in the year 2008, now it is implemented in all 734 districts of the country. The major aims and objective of MGNREGA scheme is to remove rural poverty through generating employment in rural areas, reducing rural-urban migration and to develop rural infrastructure. The main objective of this paper is to know the operational schemes and permissible works under this scheme and to examine the role of MGNREGA in generating employment opportunities in the study area. Mahaudanr region (Chechari Valley) is located at Chotanagpur plateau region. The study is based on mainly secondary sources of data. It is evident from the study that in total there are 39,231 persons working under the MGNREGA scheme in 2022-23 in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Balumath block has the highest rank (7849 person) working under the scheme whereas Saryu block has recorded lowest number (490 persons). The researcher suggested that Central Government should promote One Nation- One Wage rate for the MGNREGA workers of all the states of India. MGNREGA is considered as a silver bullet and a promising boon for improving the standard of living of rural poor peoples. Thus in this 21st century this wonderful flagship scheme become as backbone of new rural India. The World Bank considered that MGNREGA scheme as a stellar example of rural development and praises its as world largest public programme as Policy barrier to economic development and poverty alleviation. Thus there is no doubt that MGNREGA scheme play a positive significant role in reducing rural-urban migration, ample employment generation, improving the rural infrastructure and alleviating rural poverty in the study area. In 21st century now MGNREGA scheme become Digital MGNREGA because every work perform through Digital platform.Key Words (Index Term): MGNREGA, Livelihood Security, Rural Poverty, Inclusive Growth, Employment Generation.
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Copyright © 2023 Dr. Md Areful Hoque. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
