New Delhi: In the current Financial Year 2021-22 (as on 23.07.2021), a total of 6.51 crore persons have been provided employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS), Union Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti stated in a written reply in Loksabha today. An amount of Rs. 41,187.06 crore has been released in current financial year 2021-22 (as on 20.07.2021) for the implementation of programme, she said.
While more than 130.9 crore person-days have been generated under the Scheme in the current financial year, during previous financial year 2020-21, 11.19 crore persons were provided employment and more than 389.23 crore person-days were generated, the Minister said. During the financial year 2020-21, an amount Rs. 1, 11, 170.86 crore had been released for the programme.
So far, more than 25 lakh assets have been created in the current FY 2021-22. The Act also mandates expenditure of 60% for creation of assets directly related to agriculture and allied activities through development of land, water and trees. In the current FY 2021-22, so far, 73% of the expenditure is incurred on agriculture and allied works.
The Union Government had allocated Rs. 73,000 crore at Budget Estimate stage for current financial year 2021-22 for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) which was an increase of Rs. 11,500 crore as compared to Budget Estimate for the financial year 2020-21.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) aims to strengthen the livelihood resource base of the rural households while creating productive assets. It is a demand driven wage employment programme, which provides for livelihood security by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Since it is a demand driven wage employment programme, no State/Union Territory-wise financial allocation is made. The Minister said during the current FY 2021-22 (as on 22.07.2021), an amount of Rs. 3322.73 crore has been released by Central Government to the state of Tamil Nadu under Mahatma Gandhi NREG Scheme.
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