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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

महात्मा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोजगार गारंटी अधिनियम, 2005

Uttar Pradesh

An Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto..

Act number
42 of 2005
Department
Rural Development
Enacted
5 Sep 2005

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

34 sections

  1. Section 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. Section 2Definitions
  3. Section 3Guarantee of rural employment to households
  4. Section 4Employment Guarantee Schemes for rural areas
  5. Section 5Conditions for providing guaranteed employment
  6. Section 6Wage rate
  7. Section 7Payment of unemployment allowance
  8. Section 8Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
  9. Section 9Disentitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
  10. Section 10Central Employment Guarantee Council
  11. Section 11Functions and duties of Central Council
  12. Section 12State Employment Guarantee Council
  13. Section 13Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes
  14. Section 14District Programme Coordinator
  15. Section 15Programme Officer
  16. Section 16Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats
  17. Section 17Social audit of work by Gram Sabha
  18. Section 18Responsibilities of State Government in implementing Scheme
  19. Section 19Grievance redressal mechanism
  20. Section 20National Employment Guarantee Fund
  21. Section 21State Employment Guarantee Fund
  22. Section 22Funding pattern
  23. Section 23Transparency and accountability
  24. Section 24Audit of accounts
  25. Section 25Penalty for non-compliance
  26. Section 26Power to delegate
  27. Section 27Power of Central Government to give directions
  28. Section 28Act to have overriding effect
  29. Section 29Power to amend Schedules
  30. Section 30Protection of action taken in good faith
  31. Section 31Power of Central Government to make rules
  32. Section 32Power of State Government to make rules
  33. Section 33Laying of rules and Schemes
  34. Section 34Power to remove difficulties