{"id":43754,"date":"2025-05-20T19:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=43754"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:47:49","slug":"mismatch-between-mgnregs-coverage-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-05-2025\/mismatch-between-mgnregs-coverage-delivery","title":{"rendered":"Mismatch Between MGNREGS Coverage and Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Policy and Intervention; GS3\/Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A recent report by <strong>LibTech India<\/strong> has raised questions about the effectiveness of <strong>Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)<\/strong> for the financial year 2024\u201325.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings of the Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Increase in Coverage:<\/strong> The number of registered households under MGNREGS rose by <strong>8.6%<\/strong>, from <strong>13.80 crore in FY 2023\u201324<\/strong> to <strong>14.98 crore in FY 2024\u201325<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Decline in Employment Days: <\/strong>Despite higher registration, <strong>persondays fell by 7.1%<\/strong>. Average employment per household dropped from <strong>52.42 days to 50.18 days<\/strong>, a <strong>4.3% decrease<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Only about 7% <\/strong>of households received the full 100 days of employment guaranteed under the Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regional Disparities:<\/strong> States like Odisha (34.8%), Tamil Nadu (25.1%), and Rajasthan (15.9%) saw a sharp decline in employment days, while Maharashtra (39.7%), Himachal Pradesh (14.8%), and Bihar (13.3%) recorded increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Key Features of MGNREGA (2005)<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Employment Guarantee:<\/strong> Ensures 100 days of wage employment to <strong>rural households.<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Funding Structure:<\/strong> 90:10 (Centre &amp; State Government)<br>1. Budget allocations <strong>vary based on demand.<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Legal Entitlement: <\/strong>Workers have a legal right to employment under the Act.<br>&#8211; Compensation is provided <strong>if work is not assigned within 15 days of demand.<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Wage Payment and Worksite Facilities: <\/strong>Wages must be paid within 15 days of work completion.<br>1. Worksites must provide basic facilities like drinking water, shade, and first aid.<br><strong>Key Objectives<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Asset Creation:<\/strong> Focuses on <strong>durable and productive rural assets<\/strong> such as water conservation structures, roads, and irrigation facilities.<br>&#8211; <strong>Social Inclusion:<\/strong> Prioritizes employment for women, Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Scheduled Tribes (STs).<br>&#8211; <strong>Decentralized Planning:<\/strong> Strengthens Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) by involving them in planning and implementation.<br><strong>Implementation and Impact<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Nationwide Coverage:<\/strong> Initially launched in 200 districts in 2006, it was later expanded to cover all rural districts.<br>&#8211; <strong>Women\u2019s Participation:<\/strong> Women\u2019s involvement in MGNREGA has risen from 48% in FY 2013-14 to over 58% in FY 2024-25.<br>&#8211; <strong>Rural Asset Development: <\/strong>Over 8.07 crore rural assets have been created under the scheme.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenges Affecting MGNREGS Delivery<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Budget Constraints:<\/strong> The Union government allocated only \u20b986,000 crore for MGNREGS in FY 2024-25, significantly lower than the \u20b92.64 lakh crore r<strong>ecommended by People\u2019s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delayed Wage Payments:<\/strong> Persistent delays in wage disbursement have discouraged participation in the scheme.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High Deletion Rates: <\/strong>Between 2022 and 2024, 7.8 crore workers were removed from the scheme, while only 1.92 crore were added, leading to concerns about accessibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Way Forward<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Timely budget revisions to ensure adequate funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Streamlining wage payments to improve worker participation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better monitoring mechanisms to track employment trends and prevent exclusions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/mismatch-between-mgnregs-coverage-delivery-says-report\/article69594435.ece\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source: TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">A recent report by LibTech India has raised questions about the effectiveness of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for the financial year 2024\u201325.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Key Findings of the Report<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Increase in Coverage: The number of registered households under MGNREGS rose by 8.6%, from 13.80 crore in FY 2023\u201324 to 14.98 crore in FY 2024\u201325.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Decline in Employment Days: Despite higher registration, persondays fell by 7.1%. Average employment per household dropped from 52.42 days to 50.18 days, a 4.3% decrease.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Only about 7% of households received the full 100 days of employment guaranteed under the Act.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Regional Disparities: States like Odisha (34.8%), Tamil Nadu (25.1%), and Rajasthan (15.9%) saw a sharp decline in employment days, while Maharashtra (39.7%), Himachal Pradesh (14.8%), and Bihar (13.3%) recorded increases.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-05-2025\/mismatch-between-mgnregs-coverage-delivery\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43768,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43754\/revisions\/43768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}