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 This activity can provide productive employment to not just farmers
but also others such as those in service like transport or trade.
 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.
 Government should promote and locate industries and services in semi-rural
area where a large number of people may be employed.
 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.
 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)
 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.
 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.
 All those who are able to, and are in need of, work is guaranteed 100 days of
employment in a year by the government.

 If government fails in its duty to provide employment, it will give unemployment
allowances to the people.
 Another aim of MGNREGA is to create durable assets (such as roads, canals,
ponds and wells).
 MGNREGA is to be implemented mainly by gram panchayats.
 MGNREGA can help in protecting the environment, empowering rural women,
reducing rural-urban migration and fostering social equity, among others.