MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT(SHRI PRADEEP JAIN âADITYAâ)
(a) to (e): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is
demand driven and funds are released to Districts/States on the basis of agreed to
Labour Budget. MGNREGA is implemented as demand driven schemes, to be prepared and
implemented by the State Governments. There is no allocation of funds to States.
Funds are released to States as per their requirements which is assessed on the basis
of advance projection of labour demand. A statement showing Central funds released,
total expenditure incurred, cumulative number of households issued job cards and
number of households provided employment State/UTs wise during the last three years
and current year as reported by States/UTs is given in Annexure. MGNREGA provides a
legal guarantee of wage employment to every rural household whose adult members
volunteer to do unskilled manual work subject to an overall ceiling of 100 days
of employment per household in every financial year. Para 1 of Schedule-II of
MGNREG Act stipulates that adult members of every household who reside in rural
areas and are willing to do unskilled manual work may apply for registration of
their household for issuance of a job card. However, under the Act, mere issuance
of a job card does not entitle a household to receive employment. Under Para 9 of
Schedule II of the Act, the household also has to submit application for work to
be entitled to receive employment. As employment is provided on demand, households
provided employment and utilization of funds by the States/UTs depend on demand for
employment.