Steps to make programs more effective:

♤ Link them with the infrastructural development programmes.

♤ Strict monitoring and evaluation made part of the implementation plan.

♤ Programmes should not be judged only for the economic impacts but for non- economic ones also.

♤ PRIs also need to be strengthened, especially for extracting accountability.

♤ MGNREGA work needs to be in line with lean agricultural season.

♤ MGNREGA should be integrated with the ongoing development programme, including skills and training.

♤ Transfering cash directly to intended beneficiaries.

Poverty is one of the evils that act as a major impediment in the development of the country. To eradicate poverty and to achieve social inclusion these employment generation programmes are a necessity. To a make them successful they needs to be dove-tailed with JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhar and mobile banking) and universal social protection scheme (excluding the better off groups). Also universal basic income as a concept is good in tackling the problem of poverty but it need to vetted first.