The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) , introduced in 2005 by the Ministry of Rural Development , is one of the world's largest work guarantee programs.  It aims to strengthen livelihood security in rural areas by providing 100 days of assured wage employment each year to adult members of rural households willing to engage in unskilled manual labor. This initiative plays a vital role in promoting economic stability, empowering communities, and fostering sustainable development across India's rural landscape. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) stands as a monumental testament to India's commitment to social welfare and rural empowerment. Enacted in 2005, this groundbreaking initiative has evolved into one of the most significant pillars of support for rural populations across the country. Imagine a program that guarantees 100 days of wage employment annually to adult members of rural households—this is not jus...

✅The challenges faced by NGT in its effective functioning.


✅The challenges faced by NGT in its effective functioning.

👉The National Green Tribunal (NGT) formed in 2010 under NGT act as a statutory body with an objective of dealing the cases relating to the environmental issues by following the "Principle of natural justice".

👉New Delhi is the Principle place of sitting of tribunals and Bhopal,Kolkata,Pune and chennai shall be the other places for the sitting of the NGT.

✴️Challenges in effective Functioning are -
👉NGT is working only with 6 members instead of 21 zonal benches which are vacant from 2 years till now.
👉Several advocates practicing at the NGT blames the government for vacancies leading to the label given to the NGT as a "Bid to weaken the Institution s" one that should be the vanguard of fight against blind development at the cost of the environment.

👉The advocate disputes are the major problems due to which many cases not even come for hearing at NGT.

✴️The Tribunal being prohibited to hear cases related to 🔹Indian Forest Act,1927 and 🔹The wildlife protection Act of 1972 has arisen the questions on its status of Functioning Effectively.
⚜️Since Forest and Wildlife are the core part of Environment so they should be included in NGT for better functioning in guard of "Principle of natural justice".

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