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The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.
Act ID: 1978
The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.
"Full text of The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977."
Table of Contents
39 Sections
Ch.
Sections
S.1
Short title, extent and commencement
S.2
Definitions
S.3
Guarantee of rural employment to households
S.3-A
Employment Guarantee Scheme for rural areas
S.3-B
Conditions for providing guaranteed rural employment and facilities
S.3-C
Wage rate
S.3-D
Payment of unemployment allowance
S.3-E
Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
S.3-F
Dis-entitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
S.4
State Employment Guarantee Council
S.5
District and Panchayat Samiti Level Committees and their functions
S.6
Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes
S.6-1A
District Programme Co-ordinator and Joint District Programme Co-ordinator
S.6-1B
Programme Officer, Joint Programme Officer, Additional Programme Officer and Special Programme Officer
S.6-1C
Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats
S.6-1D
Social audit of work by Gram Sabha
S.6-1E
Responsibilities of State Government in implementing Scheme
S.6-1F
Grievances redressal mechanism
S.7
Deleted
S.7-A
Deleted
S.8
Deleted
S.9
Penalty for drawing unemployment allowance when employed elsewhere
S.10
Deleted
S.11
Deleted
S.12
Establishment of Employment Guarantee Fund and its utilisation for the Scheme
S.12-A
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme State Fund of Maharashtra
S.12-B
Transparency and accountability
S.12-C
Audit of accounts
S.12-D
Implementation of Scheme in urban areas
S.12-E
Beneficiaries of private lands entitled to subsidies in certain circumstances
S.13
Amendment of certain enactments and rule of construction for references to Scheme and Fund in other laws
S.13-A
Commissioner’s powers to supervise and review, implementation of Scheme in each Division
S.14
Delegation of powers
S.14-A
Penalties
S.15
Protection of action taken in good faith
S.16
Act to have overriding effect
S.16-A
Power to amend Schedules II and III
S.16-B
Deleted
S.17
Power to make rules
The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.
Act ID: 1978
The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977.
"Full text of The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977."
Table of Contents
39 Sections
Ch.
Sections
S.1
Short title, extent and commencement
S.2
Definitions
S.3
Guarantee of rural employment to households
S.3-A
Employment Guarantee Scheme for rural areas
S.3-B
Conditions for providing guaranteed rural employment and facilities
S.3-C
Wage rate
S.3-D
Payment of unemployment allowance
S.3-E
Non-disbursement of unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
S.3-F
Dis-entitlement to receive unemployment allowance in certain circumstances
S.4
State Employment Guarantee Council
S.5
District and Panchayat Samiti Level Committees and their functions
S.6
Principal authorities for planning and implementation of Schemes
S.6-1A
District Programme Co-ordinator and Joint District Programme Co-ordinator
S.6-1B
Programme Officer, Joint Programme Officer, Additional Programme Officer and Special Programme Officer
S.6-1C
Responsibilities of the Gram Panchayats
S.6-1D
Social audit of work by Gram Sabha
S.6-1E
Responsibilities of State Government in implementing Scheme
S.6-1F
Grievances redressal mechanism
S.7
Deleted
S.7-A
Deleted
S.8
Deleted
S.9
Penalty for drawing unemployment allowance when employed elsewhere
S.10
Deleted
S.11
Deleted
S.12
Establishment of Employment Guarantee Fund and its utilisation for the Scheme
S.12-A
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme State Fund of Maharashtra
S.12-B
Transparency and accountability
S.12-C
Audit of accounts
S.12-D
Implementation of Scheme in urban areas
S.12-E
Beneficiaries of private lands entitled to subsidies in certain circumstances
S.13
Amendment of certain enactments and rule of construction for references to Scheme and Fund in other laws
S.13-A
Commissioner’s powers to supervise and review, implementation of Scheme in each Division
S.14
Delegation of powers
S.14-A
Penalties
S.15
Protection of action taken in good faith
S.16
Act to have overriding effect
S.16-A
Power to amend Schedules II and III
S.16-B
Deleted
S.17
Power to make rules