CONTENTSCertificate ii Undertaking ii Disclaimer ii Executive Summary ii Acknowledgements ii CONTENTSii List of Figures ii List of Tables ii List of Maps ii 1. Introduction 2 1.1. Background 2 1.2. Development appoaches and five year plans 2 1.3. Employment and development 2 1.4. Agricultural empoyment in india 2 1.5. Rural labour in india 2 1.6. Labour market 2 1.7. Labour market structure in developing countries 2 1.8. Why employment guarantee as an Act? 2 1.9. Aim & Objectives: 2 1.10. Methodology 2 1.11. Scope and limitation 2 2. Wage Employment Initiatives 2 2.1. Introduction 2 2.2. Characteristics of labour:- 2 2.3. The objective of minimum wage 2 2.4. Nature of rural labour market in india 2 2.5. Rural public works 2 2.5.1 Rationale for rural works program (RWP) 2 2.5.2. Food for work 2 2.6. Wage employment programmes in the past 2 2.7. Maharashtra employment guarantee scheme 2 2.8. Mahatma gandhi national rural employment gaurantee act (mnrega) 2 2.8.1. Objectives of NREGA 2 2.8.2. Unique Features of NREGA 2 2.8.3. Expected outcomes 2 2.8.4. Funding 2 2.8.5. Release of funds 2 2.8.6. Key issues 2 2.8.7. Challenges in front of MGREGS: 2 3. STUDY AREA: GHURAMAU GRAM 2 3.1 Implementation and performance of MNREGS at various levels 2 3.1.1 MNREGA at national level 2 3.1.2 STUDY AREA: UNNAO DISTRICT (Ghuramau gram panchayat) 2 3.1.3 Performance of MNREGA at district level 2 3.1.4 Performance of NREGA at Tehsil level 2 3.1.5 Performance of MNREGA at block level 2 3.1.6 Impact of MNREGP on Ghuramau village 2 3.1.7 Overall impact of the programme and findings 2 3.1.8 Household survey 2 4. Findings, Conclusions and Suggestions 2 References 2 Appendix I 2