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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

21 May 2024
2 min

Why in the News?

Recently, the Centre has notified new wage rates (3-10 % hike, varying from state to state) for unskilled manual workers under MGNREGA, 2005 for the financial year 2024-2025.

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Salient features

  • To provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
  • Creation of durable assets.
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  • Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development.
  • Launch year: 2005
  • Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme
  • Beneficiaries: All Household members aged more than 18 years and residing in rural area.
  • Coverage: Entire country except districts having 100 % urban populations.
  • Basis for Wage Rates: MGNREGA wages are decided based on changes in the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index- Agriculture Labor), which reflects inflation in rural areas. Different states have different wage rates.
  • Right to demand and receive work within 15 Days:
    • Additional 50 days of unskilled wage employment in a financial year during drought/natural calamity and certain Schedule Tribe Households.
    • Right to unemployment allowance and the payment is to be made in 15 days.
  • Right to worksite facilities: It include medical aid, drinking water and shade.
  • Geotagging of created assets: Through GeoMGNREGA of the Ministry of Rural Development in association with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO and National Informatics Centre.
  • Key procedural features of MGNREGS:
    • Wage to material ratio at 60:40 at GP level.
    • It will not engage any contractor for implementation of the projects under it.
    • At least one-third of the beneficiaries shall be women who have registered and requested for work under this Act.
  • Other key features: 
    • Social Audit: The Gram Sabha shall conduct regular social audits of all the projects taken up within the Gram Panchayat (GP) under the scheme. 
    • Janmanrega: It is tool to get feedback on MGNREGA assets from citizens. 
    • Project 'UNNATI': For skilling MGNREGS beneficiaries so that they can move from the current partial employment to full-time employment.
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