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