Rajya Sabha
NREGA is demand-driven Programme. Employment has been provided to 1.46 crore individuals and about 1 crore households have been benefited under the scheme upto October, 2006. The Act guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteer to do unskilled manual work. No allocations of funds are, therefore, made under the Act. Funds are released directly to the districts for implementation of the Act. Districts are entitled to get next instalment of funds after submitting a proposal to this Ministry alongwith utilization certificates showing at least 60% utilization of funds released earlier. State-wise details of funds released under NREGA for the year 2006-2007 is at Click here for Annexure-I
Since NREGA is a demand-driven programme, no time schedule has been fixed under the Act regarding expenditure of funds.
NREGA is open to all rural households without any discrimination. State-wise details of employment demanded and employment provided are at Click here for Annexure-II
This was stated by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development, Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
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