Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), GOI Budget Briefs 2012-13

Budget Briefs-Rural Development Sector Vol 4 Issue 3, 2012-2013

8 Pages Posted: 21 Oct 2013

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Avani Kapur

Centre for Policy Research, Accountability Initiative

Anirvan Chowdhury

University of California, Berkeley

Date Written: April 1, 2012

Abstract

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the flagship Rural Development scheme of the Government of India (GOI). Using government reported data, this brief analyses MGNREGA progress along the following parameters: a) Trends in allocations and expenditures, b) Trends in employment provided and wages paid, c) Trends in assets created, and d) Coverage.

Keywords: NREGA, NREGS, Employment Guarantee, rural development, India

Suggested Citation

Kapur, Avani and Chowdhury, Anirvan, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), GOI Budget Briefs 2012-13 (April 1, 2012). Budget Briefs-Rural Development Sector Vol 4 Issue 3, 2012-2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2342738

Avani Kapur (Contact Author)

Centre for Policy Research, Accountability Initiative ( email )

Dharma Marg
Chanakyapuri
New Delhi, 110022
India

Anirvan Chowdhury

University of California, Berkeley ( email )

310 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
United States

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