Analysis of Employment Generation through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh Pre  and Post Covid-19 Pandemic  Issues and Challenges

Tahawwar Husain; S. M. Jawed Akhtar; Shahid Kaleem

doi:10.9734/sajsse/2023/v20i2701

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Analysis of Employment Generation through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh Pre and Post Covid-19 Pandemic Issues and Challenges

Tahawwar Husain, S. M. Jawed Akhtar, Shahid Kaleem

South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · pp. 70–78 · Published 7 Aug 2023

10.9734/sajsse/2023/v20i2701

Abstract

This study analyses the employment generation trends through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The study is primarily based on secondary data to examine the performance and effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in providing employment to rural people who are willing to do unskilled manual work. The study examines the categorizes-wise employment demanded by households and employment offered to household from 2014-15 to 2022-23. The study shows that MGNREGS provided the highest employment during covid 19. Approximately 12.05 crore people got the job, that has been declined to 77.43 lakh in 2022-23. It also examines the SCs and STs employment status and shows that 29.10 lakh SCs population and 91.72 thousand STs got the job in 2020-21. This study also examines employment provided to disabled persons and shows that 17.43 thousand people got the job in 2020-21 and 14.06 thousand people got the job in 2021-22, and 14.03 thousand people got the job in 2022-23.

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Tahawwar Husain, S. M. Jawed Akhtar, Shahid Kaleem (2023). Analysis of Employment Generation through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Uttar Pradesh Pre and Post Covid-19 Pandemic Issues and Challenges. South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics , 70–78. https://doi.org/10.9734/sajsse/2023/v20i2701

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Tahawwar Husain — Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
S. M. Jawed Akhtar — Department of Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shahid Kaleem — Department of Economics, CEPECAMI/Bridge Course, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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