NREGA and Employment opportunity in Nabadwip block

Authors

  • Enamul Haque Mollick Assistant Professor, Bangabasi Evening College, Kolkata-700009 West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n03.024

Keywords:

NREGA, Employment, Development

Abstract

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is being considered as a ‘Silver Bullet’ for the development of society. It has been eradicating the rural poverty and unemployment by the way of generating more employment for productive unskilled labour in rural India. In last few decades, rural poverty and unemployment have grown in an unprecedented. Nabadwip is a community development block in Nadia District. It forms an administrative division in Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Nabadwip CD block had to be semi industrially developed and least agriculturally dependent. The NREGA is a demand-driven people centred scheme. The NREGA Act had passed in September, 2005. But NREGA has been implemented in Nadia district from 1st April, 2007. NREGA guarantees 100 days of right to work for every individual in the village section of India. According to the Act, it can enhance the quality of life and motivate or mobilise the life style of citizens all over the country as well as study block. The research study is mainly based on Krishnagar II CD block and Nabadiwip CD Block of Nadia district. It is discussed in this article on various issues like background of Nabadwip block, brief note of employment provided HH against demanded HH, employment provided HH of SCs, STs and Women, employment persondays generated and lastly but not a least discussed about average no. of days employment provided per HH in study Nabadwip block.

References

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Published

14-03-2023

How to Cite

Mollick, E. H. (2023). NREGA and Employment opportunity in Nabadwip block. RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 8(3), 205–209. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n03.024