Analysis Of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA is a program that was unanimously approved by the Indian Parliament and political parties of all hues supported the efforts of the government to reduce the rural distress through this program. The program emerged to address the issue of providing additional wage employment income, malnutrition, hunger, abject poverty and distress migration but this approach to social protection has gained momentum and global attention in the context of the global economic crisis. The MGNREGA program is one of the largest public programs for the benefit of the rural poor in order to confer the right to guaranteed employment of 100 days initially in a year to every needy and the poor in rural
During the year, 3.78 crore job cards were issued and the employment was provided to 2.1 crore households . The total number of person days that were created in this financial year was 90.5 crore days. The share of participation of the scheduled caste people was 25% and the participation of the people belonging to the scheduled tribe was 36% and the participation of the women in this Scheme was 40%. The participation of the others constituted 38%. The number of person days that was created per House Hold was 43 days. The budget outlay for the Scheme in this financial year was Rs. 11300 crores. The amount of money that was released by the Central government was Rs. 8640.85 crores. The total available fund was Rs. 12073.55 crores. The expenditure that was made for the scheme in the financial year was Rs. 8823.35 and it constituted 73% of the available funds. The expenditure that was made on wages in the year was Rs.5842.37 crores which constituted 66% of the funds allocated. The total number of works that are taken up were 8.35 lakhs. The works that were completed were 3 .87 lakhs. Among the works that were taken up under the Scheme financial year, water conservation works constituted 54%, provision of irrigation facility to land owned by scheduled castes/ scheduled tribes/ people living below the poverty line
The total job cards that were issued during that year were 6. 48 crores. Among them 3.39 crore households were provided employment. The total number of person days that were created during this period was 143.59 crore person days. The participation of the Scheduled Caste persons was 27%, the participation of the Scheduled Tribes was 29%, the participation of the women was 43% and the participation of others was also 43%. The number of person days that was created for each household was 42 days. The total budget outlay for the scheme in the financial year was Rs. 12,000 crores. The Central government released funds to a tune of 11610 .39 crores and the total available funds was 19305.81 crores. In the expenditure of Rs. 15856.89 crores which constituted 82% of the total outlay was made. The expenditure on the wages constituted Rs. 10738.47 which was 68% of the total amount spent. The total number of works that are taken up in the financial year under the Scheme were 17.88 lakhs and the number of works that were completed were 8.2 to lakhs. The water conservation works constituted 49% of the works undertaken under the scheme and the works for provision of irrigation facilities to the lands owned by the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/people living below the poverty line constituted 15%. The road connectivity works constituted 17% of the total works, the land development works constituted 16% and