1. Introduction
- Salient features of NREGA
- Rationale for the study
- Methodoly
- Study period
- Limitation of the study
2. NREGA from Media's view
- Media coverage on NREGA
- Coverage before implementation of the act
- Coverage during implementation of the act
- Key observations from the coverage
3. National Performance of NREGA
- Composite ranking of states implementing NREGA
- Performance on various demensions of the programme
- District ranking on NREGA
4. Performace of instituions involved in implementing NREGS: Challenges encountered
- Centre and the deserving states missed an opportunity
- Poor districts poorer pace
- Dying local wisdom: Helpless local bodies
- Buried under the administrative overload
- Blocked money lost face of Sarpanch in NREGS
- Land encroached/lockedhelpless panchayats face lack of choice
- Unfaircompletion between the departmwnts and panchayats
- Technically unsound: Unfair treatment against panchayats
- Imposed top down programmes: plantation in parched lands
5. Conclusions and ways forward
- Conclusions
- ways forward