Evaluating the MGNREGA Derived Water Management Programs: A Study of Mewat District, Haryana

Abstract

The water management has been playing a very significant role in rural development. Present study highlight an active role of various water management programmes which have undertaken under MGNREGA in a Mewat district which is situated under the foothills of Aravali in the six block of Mewat district, Haryana. In this study, various water management programmes like groundwater recharging, election of check dames, soil conservation works etc. have been executed under the rural development for 12 villages. In order to analyse the impact of water management programmes, a composite index method was applied to get the desired results. Further, the findings of the study shows that there is a significant impact of all these water management programme in terms provide a sustainable employment for the BPL households and also been proved conducive to execute the rural development in terms of taking structural measures for developing the rural infrastructure and the drought management measures in the 12 villages of Mewat district.