Policy Briefs & Reports

Budget Brief 2019-20: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

Avani Kapur, Meghna Paul

Centre for Policy Research

February 1, 2019

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India (GoI) which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year (FY) to every rural household that demands work. Using government reported data, this brief reports on:

Trends in allocations and expenditures
Trends in employment provided and wages paid
Physical assets created and status of work completion