Article Title: Report reveals delayed wages are a key factor to mismatch between MGNREGS coverage, delivery
19-05-2025
Social Issues Current Affairs Analysis
Context
• A review of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2024-25 reveals that while the coverage has increased, with an 8.6% rise in number of registered households under the programme, the delivery of promised employment has gone down, with person days having dropped by 7.1%. This was revealed in a report released by LibTech India, a consortium of academics and activists on Monday.
• Person days under the MGNREGS is defined as the total number of workdays by a person registered under the scheme in a financial year.
• The LibTech study revealed that only 7% of households got 100 days of work. The MGNREG Act promises guaranteed employment up to 100 days
• Among the key factors leading to an overall employment drop are the inadequate allocation of budget and extraordinary delay in wage payments reported from across the country
MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme)
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