<strong>Paper Title</strong><br>
A Study on Socio Economic Impact of MGNREGA on Beneficiaries in RUDRAPRYAG District of UTTARAKHAND- India<br>
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br>
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee  act or  (MGNREGA) was  notified  in India  on 
September 2005 with a mandate    to provide at least hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to 
every rural household whose members above the age of eighteen years volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The main 
focus of the act is  to facilitate the  social protection for the  people  living in rural India by providing employment 
opportunities and therefore contributing towards the overall development of the local people.  The present study was 
attempted to figure out the impact of MGNREGA  on overall economic and social development of  beneficiaries  in 
rudrapryag district of Uttarakhand.  The study was carried out in the disaster affected areas of rudraprayag with beneficiaries 
as respondents. The results found the MGNREGA has significantly improved their social and economic well being. 
 
Keywords— Development, Economy, Infrastructure, Interventions Planning.