Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Sachchidanand Upadhyay, UA Siddiqui, VK Singh, Sanjay Kr. Tripathi, Raj Kumar and Ragini Dubey

Abstract:
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an Indian employment guarantee scheme. The act was introduced with objective of developing the purchasing power of the rural household. The objective of the study is to evaluate the constraints faced by the MGNREGA beneficiaries in their work and work site. The study was conducted in one purposively selected district Sultanpur of Uttar Pradesh to identify the suggestions given by respondents in MGNREGA programme. One block from Sultanpur district viz., Dubeypur was selected, From selected block five villages were selected randomly. Ten beneficiaries who involved in MGNREGA scheme from each village were selected purposively. Thus, the total of 50 respondents who actively involved in MGNREGA programme. Garrett’ ranking technique was adopted to analyze the constraints as perceived by the respondents in MGNREGA programme. Finally the study concluded that the most important constraints faced by the MGNREGA beneficiaries were the MGNREGA provide low wages than market wages ranked first with Garrett mean score of 64.18, followed by not getting work in needed time with Garrett mean score of 62.12. No security in their worksite and work was ranked third with Garrett mean score of 61.84.