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MGNREGA Sees 82% Rise in Employment Generation

Posted 20 Mar 2025

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Between FY 2014-15 and FY 2024-25, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has generated 3,029 crore person-days, marking an 82% increase

  • Aadhaar seeding has been also completed for 99.49% of active MGNREGA workers.

About MGNREGA

  • MGNREGA: Centrally Sponsored Scheme, launched in 2005 by Ministry of Rural Development.
  • Objective: 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.
  • Beneficiaries: All Household members aged more than 18 years and residing in rural area.
  • Coverage: Entire country except districts having 100 % urban populations.
  • Wage Rates: Different states have different wage rates.
    • MGNREGA wages are decided based on changes in the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index- Agriculture Labor), which reflects inflation in rural areas.

Achievements

  • Increased Women’s participation: Risen from 48% in FY 2013-14 to over 58% in the current financial year.
  • Reduction in Number of water-stressed Rural Blocks: From 2264 to 1456 (35% reduction) in last decade.
  • Increase in Creation of Individual Assets: From 17.6% in FY 2013-14 to 56.99% in FY 2024-25.
  • Amrit Sarovars: Creation of over 68,000 Amrit Sarovars in the country in Phase I. 
  • Tags :
  • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
  • Right to Work
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