Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) is an Indian social security development act created in 2005 to ensure people living in rural areas the right to work. The organizations goals are to employ people who do not have skills in the workforce. The organization planned to use the employees to build roads, infrastructure, water conservation and watershed development. …show more content…
The population of Dadra and Nagar Haveli forms approximately 0.04 percent of India and has a population of approximately 342,853 people. There are 39.41 percent of people living under the poverty line. According to MNREGA State Wise Performance and Targets Report, the total number of worker’s in Dadra and Negar Haveli is 12,000. The total number of active MNREGA workers in Dadra and Negar Haveli is zero. The total number of job cards issued is 8,000; and there are currently zero active work cards. Although Dadra and Negar Haveli is the poorest state in India the MNREGA has not developed an approved labor budget since the 2012-2013 fiscal …show more content…
The government gave NACO an estimated 10-million-dollars to start the program. NACO has two departments that are supervised by a Secretary to the Government of India. NACO’s department of Health & Family Welfare has 36 secondary programs dedicated towards education, family planning and specific health concerns affecting India. The Department of Health Research focuses on science & technology and earth sciences. The organizations main goals are family planning and disease prevention. NACO has developed informative programs about HIV and Aids to eliminate the stigma and discrimination around the disease. They promote the use of contraceptives such as condoms and birth control for protection and they provide treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. The organization has developed safe havens for pregnant woman living with HIV or Aids. There is free counselling, testing centers, faith based and women positive networks and communities. NACO is currently funding HIV treatment, prevention and control research, HIV sentinel surveillance monitoring, and blood drives in India. NACO publishes articles and training modules for physicians, surgeons, laboratory technicians, health care workers and educators in HIV/Aids and family