Economic Transformation of Tribal women through MGNREGA: A study on Irula community women in Attappady, Kerala

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2017 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 4 Issue 11

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : Ashok Jacob Mathews

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V4I11P106

How to Cite?

Ashok Jacob Mathews, "Economic Transformation of Tribal women through MGNREGA: A study on Irula community women in Attappady, Kerala," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 4,  no. 11, pp. 40-44, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V4I11P106

Abstract:

The MGNREGA programme has made changes in the life of rural women in India by empowering them in all fields of life. The economic and social security created by the schedule has caused them to stand in the society and to secure a decent position in the family. The program has produced revolutionary changes in the savings culture and in endorsing banking culture among women. Despite the criticism against the program as a “dole” by the economists, it has made its impact in transforming the rural women. The application has enabled the women to earn additional income for their family to build a robust financial security for their family. The women empowered themselves from social to economic security in their family. The rural economy used to depend on agriculture where the programme enabled the women to earn other than from farming job. The scheduleallowed the women to fulfil their right to work and thereby to make by their self for the betterment of their financial stability.

Keywords:

Economic revolution, tribal women, financial stability, programme, transformation.

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