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What are the objectives of mgnrega 2005?

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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005 has several key objectives aimed at rural development and poverty alleviation:

Primary objectives:

  1. Employment guarantee: Provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work

  2. Poverty alleviation: Enhance livelihood security of rural households by providing employment opportunities

  3. Rural infrastructure development: Create durable assets and strengthen the livelihood resource base of rural areas

  4. Empowerment of marginalized groups: Especially women, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes who often get priority in employment

Secondary objectives:

  1. Reduce rural-urban migration: By providing local employment opportunities
  2. Environmental protection: Many works focus on water conservation, land development, and drought-proofing
  3. Social inclusion: Strengthen grassroots governance through Gram Panchayats as implementing agencies
  4. Financial inclusion: Promote banking access through wage payments to bank accounts

Unique features: - Legal right to employment - first of its kind in India - Unemployment allowance if employment not provided within 15 days - Women empowerment - equal wages and priority in employment - Transparency mechanisms - social audits and public disclosure

MGNREGA represents a significant shift from previous employment programs by making employment a legal right and emphasizing participatory planning and transparency. It has become one of the world's largest social protection programs, though its effectiveness varies across different states and regions.

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