The Study About the Beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme and Its Role in Reducing Urban- Rural Divide in Pithoragarh District

Abstract

The growing population of job seekers has pulled the attention of the government towards their plight and compelled them to develop certain ideas which can create ample amount of opportunities for their professional growth. In this process, they are putting significant efforts for the upliftment of the small towns as they are still subject to less growth and development. This study has been conducted to prioritize the need of employment generation programs launched by the government with primarily focusing on the (Prime minister employment generation program). In spite of, creating an opportunity-based environment for the few beneficiaries of this program, the urban- rural divide still persists in the small towns. In this context, the district Pithoragarh of Nanital, has been taken up has an area of discussion in this study. Though, the PMEGP has created an impeccable success in creating employment opportunities for the people but still its implementation is lop-sided on the ground level. This lop-sided implication of the project has built a huge gap in the development of the urban-rural areas. Under this research paper, the primary role of PMEGP in reducing the urban-rural divide by creating employment opportunities and their emotional and financial upliftment has been discussed in detail.