(a) whether the Government is aware that the employment provided under National
Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is less than the number of rural
Below Poverty Line (BPL) householders;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to cover the remaining BPL household?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU)
(a) to (c) The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 is applicable in rural
areas of the country and the Act guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in
every financial year to every rural households whose adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work. NREGA is not restricted to BPL households. NREGA is
demand based and employment is to be provided only if a household applies for it.