Act 42 of 2005

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

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..

Ministry of Rural Development
Department of Rural Development
Enacted 2005-09-05
34 sections

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