A Study on Knowledge of Beneficiaries about MGNREGA in Bapatla Mandal of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh

The basic objective of this research is to study beneficiaries' knowledge about MGNREGA in Bapatla Mandal of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. MGNREGA aims to provide a steady source of income and livelihood security for the poo, vulnerable and marginalized. As the scheme assures 100 days guaranteed employment to the rural por in order raise their standard of living and empower them economically, it has been receiving variegated responses from different parts of the country. So, it felt necessary to study about the knowledge of beneficiary respondents about MGNREGA. In this regard, a primary field study has been conducted with 60 job card holders of MGNREGA regarding their insight on the programme whether it raised their standard of living and brought any changes in their financial aspects or not. This paper mainly focusses on some of the basic awareness issues such as job card, work man days, muster roll, wage rate, social audit, shelf of works undertaken etc.