Attitude of tribal farmers towards MGNREGA in Churachandpur district of Manipur

Abstract

Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee act (MGNREGA) which was passed down by the Government of India aims to provide 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to the households in rural area who are keen to perform unskilled manual work for attaining financial security and reduce poverty. The study focuses on attitude of tribal beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries towards MGNREGA in Churachandpur District of Manipur where a total number of 140 respondents from three villages i.e., Chiengkonpang, Hiangtam Lamka and Lalzomlien Veng were taken randomly under Lamka Block. A pre-structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents through personal interview either at the respondent’s residence or at their workplace. The study has shown that majority 55.71 per cent of beneficiaries and (50.00%) of non-beneficiaries have attained medium level of attitude towards MGNREGA while 28.57 per cent of the beneficiaries and 38.57 per cent of non-beneficiaries exhibits high level of attitude towards MGNREGA followed by 15.71 per cent of beneficiaries and 11.42 per cent of non-beneficiaries showing low level of attitude towards MGNREGA.