So far, the Center has released more than 72% of the total amount allocated to MGNREGS in the 2022-23 budget to the states, the Ministry of Rural Development announced on Saturday. In the Union budget for 2022-2023, Rs 73,000 crore has been allocated to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), of which Rs 52,833 crore has been allocated to states so far, the ministry said. .

Citing data, the department said “actual releases to states were much higher than projected at the level of budget estimates.”

He further said that the central government is committed to releasing funds for the payment of salaries and materials for the smooth implementation of the program.

The ministry shared these details while issuing clarification on a report which indicated that approximately 39% of program cardholders did not have a single day of work in 2020-21.

“It will not be correct to assume that all registered households had applied for work. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides a guarantee of at least 100 days of wage employment against the application made by a household in a rural area,” the ministry said. respond to the report.

He also shared the labor supply to labor demand ratio that was over 99% in the three-year period from 2019-20.

In 2020-21, the ministry said, 99.89% of the total labor demand under the law was met and 389.09 crore person-days of labor were generated. PTI JTR SMN SMN