The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

NREGACENTRAL ACT

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..

Act Number

42

Enactment

2005-09-05

State

Chhattisgarh

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PRELIMINARY

Section 1Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2Definitions.

GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS

Section 3Guarantee of rural employment to households.

EMOPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMES AND UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE

Section 4Employment Guarantee Schemes for rural areas.Section 5Conditions for providing guaranteed employment.Section 6Wage rate.Section 7Payment of unemployment allowance.Section 8Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances.Section 9Disentitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances.

IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING AUTHORITIES

Section 10Central Employment Guarantee Council.Section 11Functions and duties of Central Council.Section 12State Employment Guarantee Council.Section 13Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes.Section 14District Programme Coordinator.Section 15Programme Officer.Section 16Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats.Section 17Social audit of work by Gram Sabha.Section 18Responsibilities of State Government in implementing Scheme.Section 19Grievance redressal mechanism.

ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONALAND STATE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE FUNDSAND AUDIT

Section 20National Employment Guarantee Fund.Section 21State Employment Guarantee Fund.Section 22Funding pattern.Section 23Transparency and accountability.Section 24Audit of accounts.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 25Penalty for non-compliance.Section 26Power to delegate.Section 27Power of Central Government to give directions.Section 28Act to have overriding effect.Section 29Power to amend Schedules.Section 30Protection of action taken in good faith.Section 31Power of Central Government to make rules.Section 32Power of State Government to make rules.Section 33Laying of rules and Schemes.Section 34Power to remove difficulties.