(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012:Social Issues - NNREGS
Social Issues
::NNREGS::
Question : What are the issues of this scheme?
Answer :
- Shortage of supply of farm workers because of MNREG.
- An upward pressure on wage rates in rural India.
- Increased demand for protein based food items leading to high inflation rates of food items.
Question : What are the suggestion made by various committees?
Answer :
- Suspending MNREGS during Agri-cultural seasons.
- Creating productive assets
- Reducing the expenditure on the scheme.
- Problems concerning work wages and the funds needed to expand and strengthen the scheme.
