Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY UNDER MGNREGA

Dr. P. Srinivasa Rao, T. Srikanth Reddy

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:&#10;none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is considered as a &ldquo;Silver Bullet&rdquo; for eradicating rural poverty and unemployment, by way of generating demand for productive labour force in villages. It is a boon for Person with Disability(PWD) to Earn their livelihood. It aims at providing 150 Days work for each Family in a year. Persons with disability are Provided Suitable works to their abilities, and are given equal wages along eith th Non-disabled Candidates/Labours<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>For which it has been considered as the largest anti-poverty programme in the world. But the success of this Act depends upon its proper implementation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>