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Smita Gupta
The post-1990s are marked by the pursuit of neo-liberal policies:
Step 1 Registration
Step 2 Verification
Step 3 Issuing Job Cards
Step 4 Application
Unemployment allowances
If Employment is not provided within 15 days of receipt
of application, the worker shall be entitled to a daily
Unemployment allowance(7(1))
Rates (7(2))
One fourth of the wage
For First 30 days
rate.
A. Definition of Household
On the basis of common kitchen not nuclear family,
number of eligible workers per household >3
This reduces per capita entitlements
Disenfranchises female headed households and
widowed/separated/estranged married daughters in
natal and marital homes
0. 0 0
1 0. 0 0
2 0. 0 0
3 0. 0 0
4 0. 0 0
5 0. 0 0
6 0. 0 0
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
S ta te s
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
P e rc e n ta g e R u r a l H o u s e h o ld s Is su e d J o b c a r d s
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttaranchal
West Bengal
All India
C. Non-payment Of Minimum Wages
Workers are earning no more than 40 to 60 per cent
of minimum wage, ranging from Rs 16 to Rs 40 per
day
0 .0 0
1 0 .0 0
2 0 .0 0
3 0 .0 0
4 0 .0 0
5 0 .0 0
6 0 .0 0
Andhra Pradesh 7 0 .0 0
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
S ta te s
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
W o r k D a ys P e r R e g is te r e d H o u s e h o ld
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttaranchal
West Bengal
All India
E. INADEQUATE WORKSITE FACILITIES
F. NON-PAYMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT
ALLOWANCE OR COMPENSATION
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
States
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
Financial Performance During 2006-07
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttaranchal
West Bengal
All India
CONCLUSION
• Teething trouble apart, the same forces of
fiscal conservatism that earlier tried to dilute
the Act are now trying to curtail entitlements
and minimize expenditure
• However, the NREGA offers an unprecedented
opportunity to initiate broad-based growth
through poverty reducing employment
generation and consequent demand expansion
• Therefore, the recent reports of mobilization
and struggles by rural workers for the full and
proper implementation of the NREGA is good
news!