THE IMPACT OF MGNREGA & THE NEW BILL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMPARISON WITH NEW LABOUR CODE

AUTHOR – S. KEERTHANA, STUDENT AT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW THE TAMILNADU DR AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSIY, CHENNAI

BEST CITATION – S. KEERTHANA, THE IMPACT OF MGNREGA & THE NEW BILL ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMPARISON WITH NEW LABOUR CODE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (5) OF 2026, PG. 137-145, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT:

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a central sponsored scheme with the aim to improve the living standard of the rural people with employment opportunities. The scheme had come in force by February 2, 2006. The scheme as gained to be the second in the list of right based policies in government of India. The scheme has evolved as the social security allowance which has been a goal to improve the rural livelihood with the assured legal makeovers of 100 days of wage employment to the peoples in the rural areas. Eventually the empowerment of another bill such as the VB-G RAM -G bill, with the side of the labour code 2020 have notably reinforced the workers rights and the rural employment. The research will also explain the significant shift of the inherent right based scheme like the MGNREGA to the policy framework of legislative actions. There study will critically analyze the labour codes with the adequate protection on the rural and gig platform workers who have recently the majority portion in India.

KEY WORDS: MGNREGA scheme, VB G RAM G replacement bill, labour rights, gig and platform workers, rural empowerment.