Knowledge and Attitude of Rural People About National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)
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Date
2011
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UAS, Dharwad
Abstract
The research study was conducted during 2010-11 in Dharwad district of
Karnataka state. In Dharwad taluk five panchayats were selected. Data was collected
from one village from each of the panchayats, with a sample of 270 beneficiaries and
135 non-beneficiaries. Knowledge and attitude of the rural people regarding NREGS
was studied. The findings revealed that there was significant difference between
NREGS beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries with regard to knowledge (t=55.86) and
attitude (t=97.50) of the NREGS. Ninety seven per cent of the beneficiaries had high
knowledge about NREGS while only 3.7 per cent of non-beneficiaries had high
knowledge. About 94.00 per cent beneficiaries had favourable attitude towards
NREGS while none of the non-beneficiaries had a positive attitude towards the
programme. Most beneficiaries had fovourable attitude because having registered for
the work, they had high knowledge and better understanding of the social advantage
of the programme. With regards to asset creation, beneficiaries were satisfied with the
works taken up, like rural connectivity, construction of school compounds and flood
control and protection which have greatly benefited the community. Beneficiaries
faced some problems like, lack of sufficient work-site facilities like drinking water
and crèche for women with young children. Suggestion for improvement of the
programme were sought from the beneficiaries. About 93 per cent suggested that
there should be increased wages and 70 per cent beneficiaries said that the number of
working days should be increased beyond 100 days per year. The findings would
therefore call for educating rural people about NREGS so that more number of people
become aware about the programme. This would motivate larger number of rural folk
to take advantage of the beneficiaries of this programme. The government should also
note the shortcomings as posed by beneficiaries so that the programme would be more
meaningful to the indented rural families.
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Extension and Communication Management