Open AccessROLE OF MGNREGA PROGRAMME IN DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN KARNATAKA: EMERGING ISSUES AND EVIDENCE
Author(s) -
R T Odegouda,
Dr.S.B. Nari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epra international journal of economic and business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-0187
pISSN - 2347-9671
DOI - 10.36713/epra3024
Subject(s) - agriculture , lakh , cropping , productivity , irrigation , agricultural economics , agricultural productivity , geography , wage , socioeconomics , business , economic growth , economics , archaeology , biology , market economy , ecology
Agriculture is the one of the most important sectors in our economy as well as country. Most of the peoples have depended on agriculture works. Nowadays, agriculture contribution of towards GSDP has been continuously declined from 28.1 per cent in 1999-2000 to 14.7per cent in 2014-15. The MGNREGA has become a world largest public wage employment programme. This scheme is also tool for inclusive growth and sustains agriculture. The present study explores the role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in Development of Agriculture in Karnataka: Emerging Issues and Evidence. The study is mainly based on secondary data sources. The data has been taken from the year 2013-14 to 2018-19. In this study intended to know the agro-climatic zonal level MGNREGA towards contribution of agriculture development works and expenditure and also to know the status of agriculture productivity in terms of total area under cultivation, cropping intensity, irrigation intensity and food grain production and wage rate in Karnataka. As compared to the other years, the study found that in the year 2016-17 all category works and all zones has better performed and most of the works and utilization of fund have done in arid and coastal zone in Karnataka. As compared to the after MGNREGS implementation, on an average there has been increased total area under cultivation (124.39 in lakh, ha), cropping intensity (122.81 per cent), irrigation intensity (32.28 per cent) and food grains (117.53lakh tonnes). but drastically low in before MGNREGS implementation in Karnataka. Gender difference in agriculture field labour has been declined from 8 rupees in 2005-06 to 4 rupees in 2009-10, then it was increased from 5 rupees in 2010-11 to 44 rupees in 2014-15, it means high gender difference in agriculture wage rate. But MGNREGA it provides equal wage for male and female in rural Karnataka and India and also intervention of MGNREGS has to be hike agriculture wage rate. Therefore, the study suggests distribute equal expenditure on natural resource management works, water related and plantation works and to suitable steps towards timely work completion and convergence of MGNREGA with development programmes is should be ensured in respective all zones in Karnataka and India. To focus on productive assets and land development works for especially SCs/STs and small and marginal farmers should be given more priority and should be made to provide full 100 days employment to these households.KEY WORDS: MGNREGA, Utilization of Fund, Agriculture, Wage rate and Employment.