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ii. How to create more employment? (Rural Area)
a. The government can spend some money or bank can provide low
interest loan, to construct a well to irrigate the land. Farmers can go for
multiple cropping.
b. The government should start the construction of dams and canals. This
could lead to a lot of employment generation within the agricultural
sector itself reducing the problem of underemployment.
c. If the government invest some money in transportation and storage of
crops, or makes better rural roads so that mini-trucks reach
everywhere. Several farmers can continue to grow and sell their crops.
This activity can provide productive employment to not just farmers but
also others such as those in service like transport or trade.
d. If the local bank gives cheap credit at a reasonable rate of interest,
they will be able to buy seeds, fertilizers, agricultural equipments and
pumpsets to draw water.
e. Government should promote and locate industries and services in
semi-rural area where a large number of people may be employed.
f. Opening a cold storage could give an opportunity for farmers to store
their products like potatoes and onions and sell them when the price is
good.
g. In village near forest areas, honey and milk collection centre can be
started, where farmers can come and sell wild honey and milk.

iii. Right to Work- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act 2005 (MGNREGA 2005)
a. MGNREGA 2005 is an Indian labour law and social security measure
that aims to guarantee the right to work’. This act was passed in
September 2005.
b. MGNREGA 200G was implemented in 625 districts of India. Based on
this pilot experience, MGNREGA 2005 was scoped up to cover all the
districts of India from 1 April 2008.
c. All those who are able to, and are in need of, work is guaranteed 100
days of employment in a year by the government.
d. If government fails in its duty to provide employment, it will give
unemployment allowances to the people.
e. Another aim of MGNREGA is to create durable assets (such as roads,
canals, ponds and wells).
f. MGNREGA is to be implemented mainly by gram panchayats.
g. MGNREGA can help in protecting the environment, empowering rural
women, reducing rural-urban migration and fostering social equity,
among others.