 bill no 123 of  2017 the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp a billfurther to amend the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee  act, 2005be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of  the republic of  india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee (amendment) act, 2017(2) it shall come into force at onceamendment of schedule ii42 of 200552 in schedule ii to the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act,2005, after paragraph 5, the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:— ''5a it shall be the duty of the gram panchayat to ensure that, as far as possible, employment is provided to the registered adult members within its jurisdiction during non-agricultural season only'' statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act, 2005, which was enacted in 2005 has provided job to lakhs of jobless persons throughout the country now, guaranteed employment is available to under privileged people upto a certain number of days in a year it is a provision worth appreciating however, the 'apna khet apna kaam' project, under which work is provided to the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes and the persons living below poverty line, should also be extended to the small farmers belonging to the general category the other works such as hedging and wire fencing should also be added in the actunder the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act, 2005, safai karmcharis should be deployed in villages for the cleanliness drive and they should be given payment under the act so that the people belonging to the village itself get engaged in the cleanliness drive in the villagethe provisions of this act should be implemented in such a way as would enhance the efficacy of  the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act, 2005 and benefit the poor familieshence this billnew delhi;sukhbir  singh  jaunapuriajune  30,  2017 annexureextract from the mahatma gandhi national rural employmentguarantee act, 2005(42 of 2005)      schedule  ii(see section 5) conditions for guaranteed rural employment under a scheme and minimum entitlements of labourers     5 all registered persons belonging to a household shall be entitled to employment in accordance with the scheme made under the provisions of this act, for as many days as each applicant may request, subject to a maximum of one hundred days per household in a given financial year      ———— a billfurther to amend the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee  act, 2005————(shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp)gmgipmrnd—987ls(s3)—20-07-2017