01 - Short title, extent and commencement
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
- 01 - Short title, extent and commencement
- 02 - Definitions
- 03 - Guarantee of rural employment to households
- 04 - Employment Guarantee Schemes for rural areas
- 05 - Conditions for providing guaranteed employment
- 06 - Wage rate
- 07 - Payment of unemployment allowance
- 08 - Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
- 09 - Disentitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
- 10 - Central Employment Guarantee Council
- 11 - Functions and duties of Central Council
- 12 - State Employment Guarantee Council
- 13 - Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes
- 14 - District Programme Coordinator
- 15 - Programme Officer
- 16 - Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats
- 17 - Social audit of work by Gram Sabha
- 18 - Responsibilities of State Government in implementing scheme
- 19 - Grievance redressal mechanism
- 20 - National Employment Guarantee Fund
- 21 - State Employment Guarantee Fund
- 22 - Funding pattern
- 23 - Transparency and accountability
- 24 - Audit of accounts
- 25 - Penalty for non-compliance
- 26 - Power to delegate
- 27 - Power of Central Government to give directions
- 28 - Act to have overriding effect
- 29 - Power to amend Schedules
- 30 - Protection of action taken in good faith
- 31 - Power of Central Government to make rules
- 32 - Power of State Government to make rules
- 33 - Laying of rules and Schemes
- 34 - Power to remove difficulties
- SCHEDULE I
- SCHEDULE II
1. (1) This Act may be called the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different areas in a State and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in such State or, as the case may be, in such area:
Provided that this Act shall be applicable to the whole of the territory to which it extends within a period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act.
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