NREGA - MGNREGA - India - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Projects

2016

The rural development ministry is planning to add 1 million farm ponds and wells and another million vermiposting farms under the programme in the next two years. The rural development ministry has utilised more than 90% of the Rs. 75,000 crore is was allocated during 2015-16. It is expecting double in 2016-17.



2014

2 Feb 2014
9th Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Divas
NREGA was formally notified in 200 districts on 2 Feb 2006.
http://muktsar.nic.in/drda/nrega.htm
Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India released advertisement on 1 Feb 2014.
Achievements claimed:

On an average, five crore households have provided employment every year since 2008.
Since 2006, Rs. 1,55,000 crore has gone as wage payment to rural households till Dec 2013.
2.35 crore works have been taken up of which about 52 percent are related to water harvesting and water conservation.


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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005 in India. The programme provided 2.83 billion person days of employment in 2009-10.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in 2005.

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Official Government Web site
http://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/home.aspx
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Full Act

http://nrega.nic.in/rajaswa.pdf


3. (1) Save as otherwise provided, the State Government shall, in such rural area in the State as may be notified by the Central Government, provide to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work not less than one hundred days of such work in a finanacial year  in accordance with the Scheme made under this act.
(2) Every person who has done the work given to him under the Scheme shall be
entitled to receive wages at the wage rate for each day of work.
(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the disbursement of daily wages shall be
made on a weekly basis or in any case not later than a fortnight after the date on which
such work was done.
(4) The Central Government or the State Government may, within .the limits of its
economic capacity and development, make provisions for securing work to every adult
member of a household under a Scheme'for any period beyond the period guaranteed under
sub-section (1), as may be expedient.

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The rural employment guarantee act provided much needed rural employment during nonfarm season and provided confidence to rural people to spend their income without undue concern about future. This statement was made by head of portfolio management of a reputed mutual fund of India. NREGA has created new rural demand and this additional demand is helping Indian companies to grow.



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Achievements

Official statistics say that 2.83 billion person days were generated in 2009-10. 113.2 million households were given job cards. 52.5 million households were benefited from the scheme.

According to National Sample Survey Organization ( NSSO),  in 2007-08, 1.02 billion person days at an average wage rate of Rs.78.91 (totalling Rs.8,040 crore (Rs.80,400 million)) were provided through the program. The official statistics give the figures as 1.44 billion person days and wage bill of Rs,10,738 crore (Rs. 100,738 million).

In 2011-12, 37.8 million households were provided employment and 1,208 million persondays of work were generated.



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Articles on NREGA

Inventing NREGA 2.0
http://www.livemint.com/2012/02/10005718/Ourview--Inventing-NREGA-20.html
In 2011-12, 37.8 million households were provided employment and 1,208 million persondays of work were generated.

1.9.2010
Five heady years of MGNREGA by Himanshu
Mint, Page 31


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Criticism

http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/mgnrega-india2019s-poorly-employed-anti-poverty-scheme#.UuzcIz2Sxe4

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/flawed-implementation-poor-monitoring-and-evaluation-affecting-nrega-cag/article1-1049305.aspx

http://theindianeconomist.com/mahatma-gandhi-national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-and-its-impact-on-employment-levels/

http://www.mgnrega.co.in/criticisms.htm

http://www.sentinel-venugopal.in/pdf/A%20critique%20of%20the%20National%20Rural%20Employment%20Guarantee%20Act.pdf

Employment Statistics in India

Employment Statistics India - 12 Five Year Plan - 2012 -17


Updated 18 March 2017, 22 Jan 2016, 8 Jan 2015