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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
9. An applicant who —
(a) does not accept the employment provided to his household under a Scheme;
(b) does not report for work within fifteen days of being notified by the Programme Officer or the implementing agency to report for the work; or
(c) continuously remains absent from work, without obtaining a permission from the concerned implementing agency for a period of more than one week or remains absent for a total period of more than one week in any month,
shall not be eligible to claim the unemployment allowance payable under this Act for a period of three months but shall be eligible to seek employment under the Scheme at any time.





