MGNREGA and its Impact on Rural Women Workers: A Case study of Hoshiarpur and Amritsar Districts of Punjab
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
It is common in the developing countries that women are being ignored since pre - historic time. The primary objectives of the research are to study the impact of MGNREGA on women workers and to identify the problems in the path of the implementation of the scheme. The paper focuses on the female worker in Hoshiarpur and Amritsar Districts of Punjab to derive conclusions to highlight the impact of the program on the lives of women. Female workers significant benefits reported by the study includes–income gains, social empowerment, more say in intra household decision making and creation of community assets etc. The paper ends up by identify certain barriers to women is access to MGNREGA. The paper is divided into two parts Section A covers the impact on women workers from the point of the view of the Panchayats and section B covers respondents view on the impact on women workers with MGNREGA.
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Dr. Shaveta Kaushal
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