The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes ten years of implementation on 2nd February 2016. The achievements of a decade are a cause of national pride and celebration. Since the start of the programme, the expenditure on the programme has amounted to Rs. 3,13,844.55 crore and out of this 71% has been spent on wage payments to workers. Of the workers, the percentage of Scheduled Caste workers has consistently been about 20% and Scheduled Tribe workers has been about 17%. A total of 1,980.01 crore person days have been generated, out of which the percentage worked by women has steadily increased much above the statutory minimum of 33%. Sustainable assets have been created linked to conservation of natural resources and overall development of Gram Panchayats. More than 65% of the works taken up under the programme are linked to agriculture and allied activities.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/mahatma-gandhi-national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-journey-decade
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/nrega a journey of decade.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/ministry-rural-development
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-act-nrega
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/workers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-panchayat
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
