The total national-level expenditure by the Indian government on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was the highest in financial year 2022 with over one trillion Indian rupees, up from about 696 billion rupees in fiscal year 2019. MGNREGA is an Indian labor law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work' in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022
(in billion Indian rupees)
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Ministry of Rural Development (India). (March 10, 2022). Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Indian rupees) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/
Ministry of Rural Development (India). "Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Indian rupees)." Chart. March 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/
Ministry of Rural Development (India). (2022). Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Indian rupees). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/
Ministry of Rural Development (India). "Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from Financial Year 2014 to 2022 (in Billion Indian Rupees)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/
Ministry of Rural Development (India), Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Indian rupees) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Expenditure on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India from financial year 2014 to 2022 (in billion Indian rupees) [Graph], Ministry of Rural Development (India), March 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/966839/expenditure-rural-employment-scheme-india/
