Thus NREGA covered that entire country with the exception of districts that have a hundred percent urban population. This programme has been formulated by merging early formulated programmes such as Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) of 2001 and National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP) of 2004. Again the Government of India on 2nd October, 2009 renamed its flagship rural job guarantee programme- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Central Government is making larger public expenditure under MGNREGA. In the...

The world's total production of chickpeas over's around 8.5 million metric tons annually and is grown over 10 million hectares. India grows chickpea on about 6.67 million ha area producing 5.3 million tones. With 35 per cent of world area and 27 per cent of production, India is the largest pulse producing nation. The area under chickpea in Maharashtra is about 13.95 lack hector and production is 13.01 lack tones. The area of Marathwada under chickpea in 2011-2012 is about 58800ha which producing about 61700 tons and the productivity is 1050 kg/ ha. Since 1990, a rise in the productivity of...