How India Lives

Persons who were Provided Work

This visualisation presents the number of persons who were provided work in a year, state-wise and district-wise. It also presents the percentage of persons who were provided work against the total number of persons who applied for it. The trend is available for five financial years (2018-19 to 2022-23).

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Data visualisation: How India Lives

Name of the Scheme	Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Type of Scheme	Centrally Sponsored Scheme
Scheme Description	MGNREGS aims to enhance livelihood security of the rural masses with a provision of at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. This is one of the world’s largest public sector employment programmes, providing guaranteed income through employment.
Data Source	Compiled by CBGA from the data available at: MGNREGA MIS Data https://www.nrega.nic.in/netnrega/mgnrega_new/Nrega_home.aspx
Frequency	Yearly
General Notes	NA-Data Not Available / Applicable
Indicator Name	Out of All Who Demanded the Employment, How Many Got an Offer
Indicator Description	Under the schemes, those who want to get employment, have to apply for it. Out of total such applications, the employment is provided. This indicator refers to the number of persons who were offered the employment as percentage of total number of persons who applied for the employment.
Indicator Unit	Percentage