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    This document discusses key aspects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in India. It provides statistics on employment generation under NREGA, including 90 crore person-days of employment annually. It also outlines basic entitlements like employment within 15 days of applying, minimum wages, and no gender discrimination. Additionally, it shows disadvantaged groups make up a large share of NREGA employment, like women at 40% and scheduled castes and tribes at 62% combined. However, there are still areas of concern like delays in wage payments and lack of proper worksite facilities.

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    This document discusses key aspects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in India. It provides statistics on employment generation under NREGA, including 90 crore person-days of employment annually. It also outlines basic entitlements like employment within 15 days of applying, minimum wages, and no gender discrimination. Additionally, it shows disadvantaged groups make up a large share of NREGA employment, like women at 40% and scheduled castes and tribes at 62% combined. However, there are still areas of concern like delays in wage payments and lack of proper worksite facilities.

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    This document discusses key aspects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in India. It provides statistics on employment generation under NREGA, including 90 crore person-days of employment annually. It also outlines basic entitlements like employment within 15 days of applying, minimum wages, and no gender discrimination. Additionally, it shows disadvantaged groups make up a large share of NREGA employment, like women at 40% and scheduled castes and tribes at 62% combined. However, there are still areas of concern like delays in wage payments and lack of proper worksite facilities.

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    NREGA

    Group 7

    NREGA: Fundamental Principles Employment on demand. Legal right. Universal entitlement. Participatory approach. Accountability to PRIs. Full transparency.

    NREGA: Basic Entitlements


    Employment within 15 days of application. Unemployment allowance. Work within 5 kilometres. Minimum wages. Payment within 15 days. No gender discrimination. Basic worksite facilities.

    NREGA: Employment Generation


    Total: Per job card: Per rural household: Minimum requirement:a 90 crore person-days 24 person-days 17 person-days 200 crore person-days

    Person-days per rural household

    Share of Disadvantaged Groups in NREGA Employment


    Women: Scheduled Tribes (ST): Scheduled Castes (SC): SC/ST Combined: 40% 36% 26% 62%

    Share of Women in NREGA Employment


    National average: Highest shares: 40% Tamil Nadu Rajasthan Kerala Andhra Pradesh Bihar Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir 81% 67% 66% 55% 17% 17% 12% 4%

    Lowest shares:

    Share of Women in NREGA Employment

    Average Expenditure and Labour Costs


    Average Expenditure per Person-Day Share of Wages in Total Expenditurea Rs. 98 66%

    Average Wage Cost per Person-Daya


    aUnskilled

    Rs. 64

    labour only.

    Average Wage Cost per Person-Day


    Kerala Maharashtra Haryana Punjab Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Tamil Nadu 121 104 97 94 86 80 80 Jammu & Kashmir 69 Assam Karnataka North-Easta Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh 67 67 63 63 59 56

    Uttarakhand
    Bihar West Bengal Himachal Pradesh
    a

    72
    70 70 69

    Gujarat
    Orissa Rajasthan INDIA

    56
    53 51 64

    Except Assam (approximate figure, based on incomplete data).

    Positive Aspects
    Most families have a job card. Awareness levels have improved. Employment on a massive scale. Minimum wages are being paid. Contractors have disappeared. Most of the works are productive. Corruption levels have gone down. Where there is work, NREGA is a lifeline for the rural poor. Massive progress compared with earlier years!

    Areas of Concern
    Work is not demand-driven. Long delays in wage payments. Shortage of staff at all levels. Poor worksite facilities (e.g. creches). Violations of the transparency safeguards. Corruption persists.

    The Future of NREGA: Critical Issues


    Activating the work application process. Implementation of transparency safeguards Timely wage payments. Need for a wage policy. Womens participation. Redressal systems!

    NREGA and Party Politics

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