Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme GoI, 2019-20 (Pre-Budget)

Avani Kapur , Meghna Paul
(2019)

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year (FY) to every rural household that demands work. Using government reported data, this brief reports on:

■ Trends in allocations and expenditures

■ Trends in employment provided and wages paid

■ Physical assets created and status of work completion

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