Impact of MGNREGA on income, expenditure, savings pattern of beneficiaries in North-Eastern Karnataka

This study was undertaken to assess the impact of the scheme on change in the income, savings pattern and extent of employment after the implementation of the scheme in Kalaburagi district of Karnataka state. Kalaburagi district was covered during the third phase of implementation of MGNREGA which was selected for the study with the pre set objective of analyzing the impact of MGNREGA on the participant households. For evaluating the specific objectives designed for the study, required primary data was collected from the participants for the agriculture year 2013–14. MGNREGA fully implemented village farmers ( 18718/year) were earning significantly higher income (74.48%) than that of partially implemented MGNREGA village farmers ( 4775/year). The average amount of savings made in SHGs was 2, 380, in fully implemented MGNREGA villages, whereas in partially implemented MGNREGA villages it was 1, 543. The savings was made in banks 12, 000 by the participants in fully implemented MGNREGA villages. Whereas, in case of partially implemented MGNREGA villages the savings was made by participants 8, 120 it was less compared to fully implemented MGNREGA villages.