https://www.dzarc.com/social <p><strong>Journal of Social Review and Development</strong> is an international, peer-reviewed, refereed, and open-access journal, which publishes works from a wide range of fields, including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, geography, history, law, linguistics, political science, psychology, social policy, social work, sociology, humanities, social science, philosophy, international relations, public administration, social welfare, religious studies, visual arts, women studies, development studies, library and information science, linguistics, and so on.</p> Dzarc Publications en-US Journal of Social Review and Development 2583-2816 https://www.dzarc.com/social/article/view/1073 <p>This study attempts to examine the impact of employment generation on asset creation using panel data regression under MGNREGA in Uttar Pradesh from 2014-15 to 2021-22. Regression results show a positive impact of labour days generation on asset creation under the scheme. The generation of more labour days leads to more asset creation. The regression results are also supported by the trends of employment generation and asset creation. This highlights that money spent on the scheme is not a waste of resources, and the scheme can very well achieve the twin objectives of employment generation and development of rural infrastructure. On the contrary, replacing MGNREGA with the new scheme VB-G-RAM-G may lead to less asset creation in rural areas in the absence of a guaranteed supply of funds.</p> Jyoti Atri Reena Singh Copyright (c) 2026 Dr. Jyoti Atri, Reena Singh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2026-07-03 2026-07-03 5 3 01 09 10.64171/JSRD.5.3.1-9