Right to employment and social inclusion of women: A critical appraisal of MNREGA in India with special reference to Assam Bora Pankaj*, Bora Bitapi**, Pegu Ranjit* *Assistant Professor, Bahona College **Student, Gauhati University Online published on 11 December, 2013. Abstract The welfare state bears the core responsibility of promoting and protecting Human Rights and providing security both traditional and non-traditional to people. But, the changing doctrine of state from ‘welfare’ to ‘neo-liberal and market capitalist’ state has downsized the role of state. Experiencing the development of Indian state after 1990’s, its role in economy, social welfare and human rights have been declining. Despite, some public policies have been taken up by the state to uphold social welfare and Human Rights in the post 2000 era. These policies eye strictly on the issues of social inclusion and Human Rights. Talking about the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in promoting employment rights, the issue of social inclusion of women to it, is accepted as an important dimension. This paper is an attempt to relate all these issues and inquire into the importance of MGNREGA in promoting employment rights and social inclusion of women to the same. The research will try to draft the image, importance and implementation of MGNREGA in India. With the prism of Patron Client relation, it focuses to understand whether the Act creates merely beneficiaries or it has able to promote employment rights and unfold livelihood sources to the rural women. Top Keywords Assam, NREGA, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Social Inclusion, State, Women. Top |