STUDY ON MGNREGP TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF REGULAR LABOURERS IN SELECTED BLOCKS OF TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT

The study aims that MGNREGP in enhancing employment and quality of life of the scheduled tribes people in the rural areas. The objective of study is socio - economic and living conditions of the selected Scheduled tribes population. To conclude, the study of tribal households has occupied a pre-eminent position in social sciences. The interest envisaged by social scientists in explaining the origin and behaviour of the tribal population is centuries old. The economic status of the tribal population is determined by a complex set of socio-economic, cultural, religious and ecological factors. There have been various attempts at empirical levels to explain the nature and behaviour of tribal population and to measure the nature of changes in their life style behaviour. While studies abounds in explaining the socio-economic conditions of tribal population and the impact of governmental measures in improving their economic status, very few studies have been done at the micro level in the state of Tamil Nadu. The present study, a modest attempt to explain the employment status and quality of life of tribal population in Tirunelveli district, is an effort to collect research and evidence on their present conditions at the micro level.