MGNREGA’s Role to Enhance Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

Since independence, the government of India has launched several poverty and unemployment reduction programmes in the rural areas of the country. One of the most indigenous programmes in the area of rural development is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which was introduced in 2005. In addition to create job opportunities, it revitalises the rural sector by enhancing infrastructure, increasing agricultural output, and promoting sustainable development, supporting gender equality environmental preservation, water conservation, and economic sustainability. This article examines MGNREGA's contribution in achieving some Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords- Sustainable Development Goals, MGNREGA, Rural Development, Poverty