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- Title
Extent of Participation of Beneficiaries in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in South India.
- Authors
Mohanraj, K.; Karthikeyan, C.; Ramasamy, Periyar; Thiyagarajan, M.
- Abstract
This paper examines the extent of participation and factors responsible for participation of beneficiaries in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu state. Ex-post- facto research design was used in this study. The study is based on 120 respondents drawn by simple random sampling method from eight Gram Panchayats which had more MGNREGA beneficiaries selected from two randomly selected blocks in the district. The respondents were interviewed personally by a well-structured and pretested interview schedule. The overall participation of the beneficiaries was in medium level. Majority of the beneficiaries had regular participation in Grama sabha, open project meeting and meetings conducted by Social Audit Committee. Economic and personal factors had influenced majority of the beneficiaries to take part in the MGNREGA activities followed by organizational factors.
- Subjects
NATIONAL Rural Employment Generation Scheme (India); EXPERIMENTAL design; STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Madras Agricultural Journal, 2014, Vol 101, Issue 4-6, p167
- ISSN
0024-9602
- Publication type
Article