The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.
State Act of Maharashtra · Act 20 of 197833 provisions
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 20 of 1978 |
| Year | 1978 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Maharashtra |
| Ministry | Govt of Maharashtra |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 33 |
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- Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement.
- Section 2 Definitions.
- Section 3 Guarantee of rural employment to households.
- Section 3-C Wage rate.
- Section 3-D Payment of unemployment allowance.
- Section 3-A Employment Guarantee Scheme for rural areas.
- Section 3-B Conditions for providing guaranteed rural employment and facilities.
- Section 3-E Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances.
- Section 3-F Dis-entitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances.
- Section 4 State Employment Guarantee Council.
- Section 5 District and Panchayat Samiti Level Committees and their functions.
- Section 6 Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes.
- Section 6-1A District Programme Co-ordinator and Joint District Programme Co-ordinator.
- Section 6-1B Programme Officer, Joint Programme Officer, Additional Programme Officer and Special Programme Officer.
- Section 6-1C Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats.
- Section 6-1D Social audit of work by Gram Sabha.
- Section 6-1E Responsibilities of State Government in implementing Scheme.
- Section 6-1F Grievances redressal mechanism.
- Section 9 Penalty for drawing unemployment allowance when employed elsewhere.
- Section 12 Establishment of Employment Guarantee Fund and its utilisation for the Scheme.
- Section 12-C Audit of accounts.
- Section 12-D Implementation of Scheme in urban areas.
- Section 12-A Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme State Fund of Maharashtra.
- Section 12-B Transparency and accountability.
- Section 12-E Beneficiaries of private lands entitled to subsidies in certain circumstances.
- Section 13 Amendment of certain enactments and rule of construction for references to Scheme and Fund in other laws.
- Section 13-A Commissioner’s powers to supervise and review, implementation of Scheme in each Division.
- Section 14 Delegation of powers.
- Section 14-A Penalties.
- Section 15 Protection of action taken in good faith.
- Section 16 Act to have overriding effect.
- Section 16-A Power to amend Schedules II and III.
- Section 17 Power to make rules.
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