In force · As amended up to 2026-08
34. Power to remove difficulties.— (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament.
1[SCHEDULE I
See section 4(3)
MINIMUM FEATURES OF A RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME
34. All accounts and records including muster rolls relating to the scheme shall be made available for public scrutiny free of cost. Any person desirous of obtaining a copy or relevant extracts therefrom may be provided such copies or extracts on demand not later than three working days from the date of receipt of application.
34. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Schedule, in the event of any national calamity such as flood, cyclone, tsunami and earthquake resulting in mass dislocation of rural population, the adult members of rural households of areas so affected may—
(a) seek for registration and get job card issued by the Gram Panchayat or Programme Officer of the area of temporary relocation;
(b) submit written or oral applications for work to the Programme Officer or the Gram Panchayat of the area of temporary relocation; and
(c) apply for re-registration and re-issuance of job card in the event of any loss or destruction.
(2) The details of such job cards shall be intimated to the District Programme Coordinator.
(3) In the event of restoration of normalcy, the job card so issued shall be re-endorsed at original place of habitation and clubbed with the original job card on being retrieved.
(4) The number of days of employment so provided shall be counted while computing 100 days of guaranteed employment per household.
Source: India Code