On 21 February 2012 07:23, ashok _ <listmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I found this really weird in NREGA ... the requirement that no > mechanized equipment can be used. What was the motivation behind it ? >
> Limiting NREGA work to back-breaking physical labour at less than minimum > wage available for a maximum of 100 days a year to only one member of each > household ensures that only the most desperately poor sign up for it.