NREGA –
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in Sept. 2005 and was enforced on 2nd Feb. 2006 in 200 districts. Its aim was to guarantee minimum of 100 days employment to each such village family which may be willing for it. All the programmes being run as a part of SGRY and NFWP, were made a part of the NREGA in all these 200 districts. In 2007-2008 NREGA was extended to 330 villages.
In 2008-2009 it was enforced in all the rural districts of the country. Presently it is being implemented in 619 districts. NREGA is a demand based scheme with its basic emphasis on water conservation, drought proofing, land development, flood control, rural connectivity.
Its main purpose is to provide employment to the families in the rural areas by giving employment for minimum of 100 days to each adult member willing to do physical work, in each financial year.
