Central allocation for the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) witnessed the steepest decline this year.Money released for the scheme fell from Rs 35,242 crore last year to Rs 21,441 crore this year, while expenditure has gone down from Rs 39,000 crore last year to Rs 20,000 crore as of January end.
The average workdays under the scheme, which provides a legal entitlement of 100 days of employment a year to rural citizens who demand it, also fell from 43.51 same period last year to 32.01 days this year at the end of January.
In Uttar Pradesh work fell from 58.64 last year to 29.97 this year.In Rajasthan, it fell from 67.57 last year to 36.50 this year; West Bengal saw a dip from 44 last year to 13 this year and Mizoram saw a decline from 90 last year to 37 this year.Rural Development Ministry officials say it is too early to compare the annual performances.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.