IMPACT OF MNREGA IN TRIBAL AREA: A STUDY IN DAHOD DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
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Date
2014
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AAU, Anand
Abstract
The present investigation was undertaken with a view to study the impact of
MNREGA programme on household income, employment generation, agricultural
labour supply and migration as well as to examine the developmental works
undertaken under MNREGA and problems faced by the MNREGA beneficiaries in
Dahod district of Gujarat. The data for the study were drawn from both primary and
secondary sources. The primary data were collected from 150 respondents
(60 MNREGA beneficiaries and 60 MNREGA non-beneficiaries and 30 farmers who
hire the agriculture labour) spread over six villages, covering two talukas of Dahod
district for the year 2012-13 by applying multi-stage sampling design. Using
beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries approach, tabular analysis was applied with t-test.
To study the factors influencing to the household income of the MNREGA
beneficiaries, the multiple linear regression model (Income function) was also used.
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Agriculture, economics, study