 bill no 102 of 2009 the national rural employment guarantee (amendment) bill, 2009 a billto amend the national rural employment guarantee act, 2005be it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the national rural employment guarantee(amendment) act, 2009short title and commencement(2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of october, 2009 statement of objects and reasonsthe national rural employment guarantee act, 2005 provides for enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work the act has been notified in all the rural areas in the country by providing employment to those who seek it, this act has emerged as one of the largest social safety net providing employment to 451 crore rural households in 2008-09 and providing employment to more than 3 crore households in the current financial year2 the act has thus opened up opportunities to the rural households to obtain local employment, enhance their wage earning and through their labour to create rural assets which contribute to development of the rural economy the association of the name of mahatma gandhi with national rural employment guarantee act, 2005  will reinforce the act's thrust towards equity and inclusiveness, specially of the deprived groups and socio-economically marginalised communities the  provisions of the act of public accountability, through social audit and right to information will get central focus with the association of mahatma gandhi's name, reflecting his ideals of the sovereignty of the public in a democracy the act is premised on rural households volunteering to do unskilled manual labour and the association of mahatma gandhi's name with it underscores the dignity of labour it is, therefore, considered befitting that the said act bears the name of the father of the nation ''mahatma gandhi'' as it is a concrete expression of his development vision accordingly, the title of the said act is proposed to be amended as the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee act3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;cp joshithe 18th november, 2009 annexureextract from the national rural employment guarantee act, 2005(42 of 2005)     chapter i preliminary1 (1) this act may be called the national rural employment guarantee act, 2005    short title, extent and commencement———— a billto amend the national rural employment guarantee act, 2005————(dr  cp joshi, minister of rural development)gmgipmrnd—4620ls(s5)—20-11-2009