Employment generation and Social Security: An empirical study of the Impact of MGNREGA in J&K

Abstract

Landmark legislation in Indian history of social security legislation had taken place in the year 2005 by enacting National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The act provides 100 days of guaranteed employment to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled labour work at statuary minimum wages. In Jammu and Kashmir MGNREGA has been implemented in three phases i,efrom the year 2006 to 2008-09. So in this context present study is an attempt to study the impact of MGNREGA on social security and employment generation in three divisions of Kashmir.