Of the 37 lakh (approx) job card holders under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA) in Assam, only 16,473 job card holders could get 100 days employment in the year 2010-11, taking the coverage rate of the UPA Government flagship scheme to a meagre 0.56 per cent during the period.

Further, a total of 6,11,032 households got less than 15 days employment in the year which is 21