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Financial and Nonfinancial Impact on National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:A Case Study


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1 Department of Commerce, MGM College, Udupi, India
2 Govt. First Grade College, Hebri, India
 

This study measures the financial and non-financial effects of the NREGA scheme in Hebri Village Panchayat. Questionnaires and interview technique was used for this research to collect the primary data. This scheme was successful increasing employment opportunities and empowering rural women. It was also found that wages provided to the villagers are not satisfactory. Income gained from the scheme has been channeled into savings and investments in local cooperative banks. Agriculturists, labors and animal husbandry of Hebri have been benefited from the NREGA scheme.

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NREGA, Rural Unemployment, GDP, Poverty Eradication.
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Authors

Sureshramana Mayya
Department of Commerce, MGM College, Udupi, India
K. G. Sudhakar
Govt. First Grade College, Hebri, India

Abstract


This study measures the financial and non-financial effects of the NREGA scheme in Hebri Village Panchayat. Questionnaires and interview technique was used for this research to collect the primary data. This scheme was successful increasing employment opportunities and empowering rural women. It was also found that wages provided to the villagers are not satisfactory. Income gained from the scheme has been channeled into savings and investments in local cooperative banks. Agriculturists, labors and animal husbandry of Hebri have been benefited from the NREGA scheme.

Keywords


NREGA, Rural Unemployment, GDP, Poverty Eradication.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23872/aj%2F2016%2Fv6%2Fi2%2F139215