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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is a “People’s
Act” in several senses. The
Act was prepared
through a wide
range
of consultation with people’s organizations. Second,
the Act addresses itself chiefly to working people and their fundamental right to life with
dignity. Third, the Act empowers ordinary people to play an active role in the implementation
of
employment guarantee schemes through Gram Sabhas, social audits, participatory planning
and other means. More than any other law, Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is an Act of the people, by the people and
for the people.
Mahatma Gandhi NREGA calls for the formulation of a Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (REGS) by each
State Governments within six months of the date of commencement of the Act. The purpose
of the Scheme is to give effect to the legal guarantee of work, by providing at least 100 days of
guaranteed employment to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work subject to the conditions of this Act. Each Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme is required to have the minimum features specified in Schedule I and
Schedule II of the Act.
- The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act-2005 was notified by Government of India on September 7, 2005.
- By amendment, NREG Act has been changed to "The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" w.e.f. 2nd October, 2009.
- This Act is a milestone towards realisation of right to work.
- By the notification of this Act, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) came into force all over India w.e.f. 02.02.2006.
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