Impact on Rural Livelihood

By providing employment opportunities during the lean summer season the Nregs has offered a lifeline to the rural poor. The provision for developing the agricultural lands of dalit, tribal and other marginal farmers has provided a tool to these poor sections to improve their livelihood status. On the one hand, they can improve productivity in their own small holdings, on the other, they can earn extra income in their own locality, thereby minimising the need to migrate. Since women get equal wages there is more income in the household.

Moreover, the emphasis on improving the water bodies in the villages increases water security, without which life in many rural areas becomes insufferable.

Read the full story (in Kannada) by D.M. Ghanashyam