Employment Guarantee Act: Archives

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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA 2005), passed on August 23, 2005, is a landmark in the history of social security legislation in India. Though it was included in the Common Minimum Programme of the UPA government, the act could only be passed after sustained campaigning by a number of different groups and individuals concerned with the twin rights to food and work. The documents linked from this page are part of the record of this struggle.

• Documents
  • Employment Guarantee Bill 2004
  • Draft Acts
  • State Acts
  • Employment Guarantee: Twelve Essential Safeguards (based on a submission to the Standing Committee)
• Debates and discussion
  • Compendium of articles on employment guarantee
  • EGA Rules
  • Critiques of EGB 2004
  • Standing Committee and EGA
  • Proceedings and Reports
  • Petitions & Statements
  • Parliamentary Debates
• Activism and research
  • People's Action for Employment Guarantee
  • National Food for Work Programme
  • Rozgar Adhikar Yatra
  • Briefing materials

Last updated: 16 April 2007