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Rural Development

MGNREGS: The Context

  • About: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is Government of India's flagship programme which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household that demands work. 

  • MGNREGS Budget Highlight: Allocation of Rs 60,000 crore for MGNREGS in 2019-20. 

  • Implemented by: The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is tasked with implementing this programme.

  • Of note: The challenges faced by India's largest rural employment programme since its roll out in 2006 are numerous. Expenditure under MGNREGS continues to be higher than the funds available (opening balances and releases by both GoI and states). Accumulated payments due (known as pending liabilities) have risen steadily. Work completion rate has decreased over the years.

  • On average, over the last five years, 89% of the employment demanded has been met.

MGNREGS Union Government Allocations
2% decline in GoI allocations for MGNREGS from 2018-19 to 2019-20
For mobile and tablet viewing of GoI allocations to MGNREGS (in Rs crore), see the bar chart here. 
Click on a bar in the charts below to view better

Figures for all years are Revised Estimates except for FY 2019-2020 which are Budget Estimates. 

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Persondays is the total number of work days by a person registered under MGNREGS in a financial year.
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Only 11 states generated more than 50 persondays of work per household in 2018-19.

Maps used on this page are for illustrative purposes only, and do not represent an institutional stand on the territory of India. 

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PMAY-G: The Context

  • About: GoI's 'Housing for All' scheme Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) provides monetary assistance for the construction of pucca houses with basic amenities to all rural households by 2022. This scheme restructured rural housing programme Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), and was launched in 2016.

  • Budget Highlights: Allocations of Rs 19,000 crore were made for this scheme.

  • Implemented by: The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

  • Of note in Target Completion: Phase I of the scheme aimed at constructing 1 crore houses. By March 2019, 81.4 lakh houses, or 81% of the target had been completed.  Phase II of the scheme aims at building 1.95 cr houses by March 2022.

PMAY-G Union Government Allocations
Cumulative GoI allocations were 24% less than GoI’s approved share between FY 2016-17 and FY 2018-19, till December 2018
For mobile and tablet viewing of GoI allocations to PMAY-G (in Rs crore), see the bar chart here. 

Figures for all years are Revised Estimates except for FY 2019-2020 which are Budget Estimates. 

For mobile and tablet viewing of map containing percentage of houses completed out of sanctioned
houses, click here. 

Map is for illustrative purposes only, and does not represent an institutional stand on the territory of India. 

MORE INSIGHTS
A state-wise breakup of houses completed in the period between FY 2016-17 and June 2019 reveals that four states  accounted for  58% of all houses constructed.  These states are Madhya Pradesh (16%), West Bengal (16%), Uttar Pradesh (15%), and Odisha (10%).

Completion rates have been high across several states. The proportion of houses completed out of houses sanctioned has been over 85% in 14 states, and over 90% in 11 states. 
2 lakh beneficiaries who have completed house construction are yet to receive final money instalments promised under the scheme
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