A Study on Impact of MGNREGS in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh
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2021-10-10
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Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The study was carried out to study the impact of MGNREGS in Banda District of
Bundelkhand Region, Uttar Pradesh. The relevant data was collected during 2020-21 through
personal interview method using structured research schedule. Simple random sampling technique
was adopted for the study with Ex-post Facto research design. District Banda falls under
Bundelkhand agro climatic zone of Uttar Pradesh. From Badokhar Khurd block, five villages were
selected randomly namely Mawai bujurg, Kanwara, Lama, Mahokhar and Luktara and 20
respondents were randomly, a total of 100 respondents were selected for the study. The study
reveals that majority of respondents were belonged to middle age group within the range of 37-56
years and were having low level of education. It was found that maximum of respondent have
medium to large family size and have 7-9 years of experience in working under MGNREGS with
him medium annual income. It was found that majority of MGNREGS were male (78%) with low
social participation and medium source of information. It was observed that majority (76%) of
respondents own the mobile phone and (18%) of have television and none of them have computer
and radio, etc. it was found that majority of respondents have high economic motivation with
medium level of aspiration and achievement motivation.It was found that majority of respondents
have high (47%) to medium knowledge level (39%). It was revealed that majority of respondents
belonged to more direct change and there was a significant difference in the employment
generation and number of persons employed in their family of the respondents after the
implementation of MGNREGS. The study revealed that there is a significance difference in the
daily working hours, daily wage rates, income generation and community asset creation of selected
respondents after MGNREGS. It was also observed that migration was decreased and wages upon
migration increased due to MGNREGS implementation. The study assessed that there was a
positive and highly significant relationship between age, education, experience and number of
years benefited, annual income, mass media assets, socio-political participation, sources of
information, economic motivation, achievement motivation and their knowledge level. Regression
analysis indicated that all the twelve variables put together explained 63 per cent of variance in the
extent of knowledge of respondents. Also, the study assessed that there was a positive and
significant relationship between age, education, experience and number of years benefited, annual
income, mass media assets, socio politico participation, sources of information, level of aspiration
and achievement motivation with direct changes. Regression analysis indicated that all the twelve
variables put together explained 60.1 per cent of variance in the direct changes experienced by
respondents. The study reveal that problem perceived by the respondents was non-payment of
unemployment allowance, Non-payment of 10% extra wages for outsides the 5 KM. radius, nonprovision of crèche facility and payment of same wages for all kind of works.
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MANOJ KUMAR 2021.A Study on Impact of MGNREGS in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh. M.Sc. Thesis. 93p.