Problems and prospects of national rural employment guarantee scheme in Jharkhand Mondal Debabrata1,*, Bandyopadhyay A.K.2 1Research Scholars (Agril. Ext.), Department of Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Statistics, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Institute of Agriculture, Visva Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal. 2Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, B.C.K.V, Mohanpur, Nadia, W.B. *Email: mondal.debabrata@gmail.com
Online published on 29 July, 2022. Abstract The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a flagship rural employment programme and probably the only second programme till date which guarantees “the right to work” as enshrined in the constitution as a fundamental right of every of every citizen of India. The present study is to effort to obtain an overall picture of the impact that the scheme has had on the general socio-economic conditions of the people, in some selected areas of Jharkhand. Besides such a study also help as to whether the annual incomes of the households have increased significantly and the various problems which the beneficiaries face in obtaining the benefits of the programme as well as the problems face in proper implementation and to find out suitable remedies for the same. A total four villages namely Lukaia, Jaruatand, Radhanagar and Pindrajora and 100 beneficiary households were selected for the present study. The data were proceed into frequency, percentage, range and paired t test. The study revealed that the beneficiary households have developed abundant self esteem and confidence through the job scheme. The beneficiaries too have faced some problems in reaping the benefits of the problems. Top Keywords Employment, Rural, Development, Income, Scheme, Paired‘t’ test. Top |