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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA, also known as National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, NREGS) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005. The NREGA provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work at the statutory minimum wage. The Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Govt of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in association with state governments

This act was introduced with an aim of improving the purchasing power of the rural people, primarily semi or un-skilled work to people living below poverty line in rural India. It attempts to bridge the gap between the rich and poor in the country. Roughly one-third of the stipulated work force must be women.

Adult members of rural households submit their name, age and address with photo to the Gram Panchayat. The Gram panchayat registers households after making enquiry and issues a job card. The job card contains the details of adult member enrolled and his /her photo. Registered person can submit an application for work in writing (for at least fourteen days of continuous work) either to panchayat or to Programme Officer.

The panchayat/programme officer will accept the valid application and issue dated receipt of application, letter providing work will be sent to the applicant and also displayed at panchayat office. The employment will be provided within a radius of 5 km: if it is above 5 km extra wage will be paid.

Who can apply for employment under the Scheme?
All adult members of a rural household who have a Job Card. Even if a person is already employed / engaged in work, he/she has the right to demand employment as unskilled manual worker under this Act.Women will get priority and 1/3rd of beneficiaries under the Programme are to be women.

Can individual application for work be submitted?
Yes. Registration of employment seekers is done household-wise. But within registered households’ entitlement – for 100 days of employment in a year - the individual members of the household can also apply for work.

How can one apply for work?
To get employment the registered adult holding a Job Card should ask for work through an application on a plain paper in writing to the Gram Panchayat or Programme Officer (at Block level) and ask for a dated receipt of application.

How many days of the year can one get this employment?
A household is entitled to 100 days of work in a financial year; and that can be divided among adult members of the household.The work duration shall ordinarily be for at least 14 days continuously, with not more than 6 days per week.

When can one get employment?
Within 15 days of submitting the application or from the day work is demanded, employment will be provided to the applicant.

Who will allot employment?
Gram Panchayat or the Programme Officer, whoever has been requested

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What type of work will be given?

Durable assets:
An important objective of Scheme is to create durable assets and strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural poor.
Work done through contractors is not permissible

The kind of works permissible under the Programme and according to priority:
** water conservation and water harvesting;
** drought proofing, afforestation and tree plantation.
** irrigation canals including micro and minor irrigation works;
** provision of irrigation facility to land owned by households belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes or to land beneficiaries of land reforms or that of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana of the Government of India.
** renovation of traditional water bodies including desilting of tanks,
** land development,
** flood control and protection works including drainage in water logged areas,
** rural connectivity to provide all-weather access. The construction of roads may include culverts where necessary, and within the village area culverts may be taken up along with drains.
** any other work which may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government