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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on Livelihood Security and Eco-Restoration in Andhra Pradesh

Author : P. Leelavathi

Published in: Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is in implementation from 2006 onward in 200 most backward districts and was extended to all rural districts of India in 2008 with renewed vigour and mandate to enhance the rural livelihood opportunities.

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Footnotes
1
A former Ambassador to UN Millennium Development Goals.
 
2
Lowest level of unit of administration.
 
3
The three sample districts are Phase-1 MGNREGS districts where it has been started during 2006–2007.
 
4
PMGSY is a centrally sponsored rural road programme of India.
 
5
GoAP (2008), “Human Development Report 2007: Andhra Pradesh”, Centre for Economic and Social Studies,Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 2008.
 
6
Local administrative units in a District.
 
7
A State Government Programme supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
 
8
A method developed by ICRISAT.
 
9
Dey (2005). Interview with Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, 25 Aug 2007 http://​www.​deeshaa.​org/​2005/​08/​29/​the-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme/​
 
10
One of the state government projects supported by GoI.
 
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Metadata
Title
Impact of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on Livelihood Security and Eco-Restoration in Andhra Pradesh
Author
P. Leelavathi
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change

Print ISBN: 978-3-642-36142-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-36143-2

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_31