{
  "id": "job-mgnregs-110",
  "question": "How much work did MGNREGS provide each year?",
  "topic": "Jobs",
  "unit": "crore person-days",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Person-days of work generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in each financial year, in crore, from the Ministry of Rural Development. This is a closed series: MGNREGA was repealed and the VB–G RAM G Act, guaranteeing 125 days, came into force on 1 July 2026, so 2025-26 is the last full year. Each year is taken from the latest Ministry document that reports it; the scheme's MIS keeps adding late entries after a year closes.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Rural Development: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 2752 (4 Aug 2026) and State Performance Reports 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25",
    "url": "https://sansad.in/getFile/lsapps/loksabhaquestions/annex/188/AU2752_KMuArD.pdf",
    "table": "2025-26: LSQ 2752 Annexure, Total, 23,055.34 lakh (as on 31.07.2026); 2024-25: State Performance Report 2024-25, Annexure III total 2,90,65,05,713; 2023-24: State Performance Report 2023-24, performance overview, 309.16 crore (as on 31.03.2024); 2018-19 to 2022-23: State Performance Report 2022-23, Table 1",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-08-04",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-20",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "2025-26 published in lakh person-days, divided by 100 to give crore; 2024-25 published as a count, divided by 10 crore. Others copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development",
    "survey": "Mahatma Gandhi NREGS MIS (NREGASoft), as reported to Parliament and in State Performance Reports",
    "frequency": "Financial year",
    "measures": "Person-days of employment generated, crore",
    "notes": [
      "MGNREGA, 2005 was notified in 200 districts from 2 February 2006",
      "The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 came into force on 1 July 2026 (Gazette S.O. 2382(E), 11 May 2026)",
      "VB–G RAM G guarantees 125 days of wage employment a year, against 100 under MGNREGA"
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 267.96
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 265.35
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 389.09
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 363.25
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 294.02
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 309.16
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 290.65
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 230.5534
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/job-mgnregs-110/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/job-mgnregs-110/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/job-mgnregs-110/versions.csv"
}