On Feb 21, 2012 11:29 AM, "Ingrid" <ingrid.srin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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.
And not all of it is bad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NREGS_(Kerala)
