Sharp drop in number of families getting jobs under flagship scheme

The number of households that have received employment for the mandatory 100 days under the government’s flagship rural jobs programme has dropped to less than 5% in the current fiscal from 14% in the previous year. While the Union rural development ministry, which oversees the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), blamed state administrations for implementing it poorly, an expert said the government’s failure to provide 100 days of work defeats the purpose of the programme.

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