Right to Food Campaign: Employment Guarantee Act

Right to Food Campaign

Employment Guarantee Act: Key Documents

In this section you will find a sample of essential documents and resources on NREGA. These include: a reader-friendly "primer" on employment guarantee; the full text of the Act and Operational Guidelines; and further resources and material of use to activists and organisations involved in NREGA-related work. For more official documents on the Act, visit the NREGA website maintained by the Ministry for Rural Development.

Official documents

Unlocking Human Capital: Entitlements and Governance - a case study (Report of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, chaired by M. Veerappa Moily, July 2006)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act [Hindi] (passed in the Lok Sabha on 23 August, 2005)
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: Official Guidelines (January 2006)
State EGA schemes: forms and guidelines
Code of conduct regarding the implementation of NREGA during elections (Election Commission, 16 March 2006) [JPG]

Introducing the NREGA

Summary of the initial draft EGA (August 2004)
A primer on the EGA (revised December 2008) Rozgar Guarantee Kanoon 2005
Presentation on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MKSS Rajasthan)
Presentation on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Jean Drèze and Reetika Khera)
How is NREGA doing? (Jean Drèze and Christian Oldiges, November 2007)
NREGA Districts
- Initial list of 200 districts covered by the NREGA (December 2005)
- New districts to be covered under NREGA (excluding UP) (March 2007)
State EGA schemes: a comparative analysis (Tanushree Sood, June 2006)
EGA Guidelines (Ministry of Rural Development): simplified table prepared by the Right to Food campaign (Tanushree Sood, July 2006)

Tools for action

Transparency, Accountability - Using the People's Right to Information for Proper Implementation of the NREGA (MKSS Rajasthan)
Muster Roll Watch Booklet: How to verify muster rolls, prevent fudging, and protect people's right to work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
- Simplified guidelines for muster roll verification (February 2007) [Hindi]
- Guidelines for muster roll verification [appendices] (29 July 2006) [Oriya translation]
- Worksheets for muster roll verification (A3 size) [Hindi]
Social audit and the NREGA: A users manual (Centre for Equity Studies, with the support of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan; sponsored by the National Institute of Rural Development)
NREGA job card registration form (Hindi) (MS-Word document; requires kruti dev 10 font)
Your entitlements under the NREGA [Hindi (MS-Word document, requires kruti dev 10 font)]
Sample work application forms:
- Individual work application form [Hindi]
- Group work application form [Hindi]

NREGA State Contacts

NREGA contacts in state governments: a list of state-level government officials responsible for managing the NREGA (prepared by Tanushree Sood for the Office of the Commissioner to the Supreme Court in the 'Right to Food' case).

New NREGA Districts

New districts to be covered under NREGA (excluding UP) [7 March 2007]

Last updated: 5 April 2008