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ARTICLE

A.P RURAL
EMPLOYMENT
GRANTEE SCHEME
(APREGS)

- An Observation

Introduction:                                                              exist in our country between Haves and Have-nots and thus,
                                                                           the economically and socially disadvantaged groups are
India,living in 6,00,000 villages with 70% of its population               kept outside the ambit of all the developmental activities.
depending upon agriculture Sector acknowledges the need
for the development of rural areas. Integrated Rural                       Acute poverty, lack of access to the education, health,
Development has no meaning, unless the fate of the down                    sanitation, safe and clean drinking water etc are the various
trodden is drastically changed by emphasizing on the                       factors causing the rural masses to lead a very miserable
problems of landless laborers, marginal farmers, small                     life making the Government to think that, unless,
farmers and socially backward people requiring special                     systematically designed strategies are evolved, this
attention from the policy makers aimed at achieving overall                situation is going to result in deepening crisis in the society,
Rural Development.                                                         paralyzing its developmental activities.

Though, lifting people from Below Poverty Line (BPL) has                   In order to enable the economically and socially deprived
been the chief concern of the Policy makers and Public                     sections to enjoy access to the developmental activities,
Representatives ever since independence, still inequalities                Government of India has thought that, eradication of
                                                                           unemployment is the only remedy for curing many ills. Thus,
              About the author                                             ensuring employment opportunities to the rural people has
                                                                           become the top propriety of the government.
 Miss D. Swathi
                                                                           Genesis of Mahatma Gandhi National
 Lecturer in Commerce,                                                     Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS)
 C.K.M Arts & Science College, Warangal
                                                                           In the background of the wide spread poverty,
                                                   Sri G.K. Kumar

                                                     Assistant Professor,
                      Department of Commerce & Management,

                         C.K.M Arts & Science College, Warangal

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