• NREGA Implementation status
• Now 200 days of guaranteed works
• PACS report on NREGA

NREGA Implementation status

The Union rural development ministry has come out with the latest NREGA implementation status. We present few relevant aspects:

Financial Status
During 2006-07 against the total available funds of Rs. 12073.56 crore with the states, Rs. 8823.36 crore was utilised. The average fund utilisation per district was Rs. 44.12 crore in 2006-07. For 2007-08 government made a budget provision of Rs 12000 crore. Out of this Rs. 8303.82 crores have been released up to 14th November 2007. Out of this, Rs. 5365.99 crore have been released to the Phase I 200 districts and Rs. 2937.92 crore have been released to the Phase II 131 districts.

Employment creation status
During 2006-07, 2.12 crore households had demanded employment, out of which 2.10 crore households were provided employment. During the year 90.51 crore person days of employment was provided under the programme. An average of 45.2 lakh person days of employment per districts have been generated. Out of total 90.51 crore person days, the share of Scheduled Castes was 22.95 crore person days (25.36%) and Scheduled Tribes was 32.99 (36.45%) constituting a total of 55.94 crore person days for SCs/STs which comes to about 62%. As per the NREGA, the share of women person days should be 1/3rd and the same was 36.79 crore person days which is about 41%.

During 2007-08 (up to September 2007), 1.97 crore households have demanded employment and 1.88 crore households have been provided employment. A total of 56.14 crore person days of employment has been generated under the Programme. Out of this, the share of Scheduled Castes is 14.70 crore person days (26.18%) and Scheduled Tribes is 18.44 crore person days (32.84%) constituting a total of 33.14 crore person days, which is about 59.03% of total. The share of women is 26.61 crore person days, which is 47.40%.

Productive assets creation status - For 2006-07

ASSETS CREATED UNDER NREGA
Type of Work	Total works taken (no.)	Works completed (no.)	Ongoing Works (no.)	Benefit  Created
Water Conservation and Water Harvesting	266365	121921	144444	737 Lakh Cu Mt.of water storage capacity through Digging new tanks/Ponds, percolation tanks, Small Check Dams
Flood Control and Protection	17113	10206	6907	3 Lakh Km of Drainage in water logged areas through Construction & repair of embankment
Micro Irrigation Works	27682	12151	15531	0.13 Lakh Km of canals
Provision of Irrigation facility to Land Owned by SC/ST	80794	27362	53432	0.16 Lakh Hectares of land provided with irrigation facilities
Renovation of Traditional Water bodies	59924	25472	34452	481 Lakh Cu Mt. of water storage capacity through desilting of tanks/ponds ,desilting of old canals ,Desilting of traditional open wells
Land Development	88557	43370	45187	3.35 Lakh Hectares of land leveling & bunding
Drought Proofing	77305	30989	46316	3.45 Lakh Hectares of land Afforestation and tree plantation
Rural Connectivity	179661	91244	88417	2.37 Lakh Km of Roads
Any Other activity.	33537	20776	12761
TOTAL	830938	383491	447447

For 2007-08 (up to September)

ASSETS CREATED UNDER NREGA
Type of Work	Total works taken (no.)	Works Completed (no.)	Ongoing Works (no.)	Benefit Created
Water Conservation and Water Harvesting (CU.MT.)	273548	62366	211182	756.36 Lakh Cu Mt. of water storage capacity through Digging new tanks/Ponds ,percolation tanks ,Small Check Dams
Flood Control and Protection (KM)	17544	6814	10730	2.67 Lakh Km of Drainage in wager logged areas through Construction & repair of embankment
Micro Irrigation Works (KM)	38718	8521	30197	0.20 Lakh Km of canals
Provision of Irrigation facility to Land Owned by SC/ST (HECTARE)	104977	27945	77032	0.26 Lakh Hectares of land provided with irrigation facilities
Renovation of Traditional Water bodies (CU.MT.)	72130	18750	53380	578.98 Lakh Cu Mt. of water storage capacity through desilting of tanks/ponds, desilting of old canals, Desilting of traditional open wells
Land Development (HECTARE)	119754	25462	94292	4.53 Lakh Hectares of land leveling & bunding
Drought Proofing (HECTARE)	83445	11020	72425	4.09 Lakh Hectares of land Afforestation and tree plantation
Rural Connectivity (KM)	136565	46573	89992	1.80 Lakh Km of Road
Any Other activity	45175	7541	37634
TOTAL	891856	214992	676864

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Now 200 days of guaranteed works

The Union government has informed Parliament it would consider doubling the number of days of assured employment under the NREGA to 200 a year.

Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said, “We will consider members' suggestion for raising the number of days of guaranteed jobs from 100 now to 200.” Many members of parliament have been demanding to increase the number guaranteed days of works under the Act. The ministry also found in its many evaluations that 100 days of work were not helping much to the poor to remain above the poverty line.

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PACS report on NREGA

This report, ‘Status of NREGA Implementation: Grassroots Learning and Ways Forward’, is the second monitoring report prepared by Samarthan-Centre for Development Support, under the Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme covering the period April 2006 to March 2007.
Click here for complete report

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