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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MGNREGA: Nearly 1.5 crore Job Seekers Refused Work Till Now -Subodh Varma

MGNREGA: Nearly 1.5 crore Job Seekers Refused Work Till Now -Subodh Varma

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published Published on Oct 23, 2022   modified Modified on Oct 25, 2022

-Newsclick.in

Funds squeeze causes 14-17% refusals every year.

The rural jobs guarantee scheme has emerged as a lifesaver for millions of Indians as they struggle with relentless unemployment. But official data shows that a very large number of job seekers are being turned away and not given work. In the first six months of the current financial year (April to October 2022) nearly 1.5 crore applicants for work were refused work. 

This situation has existed for many years past as shown in the chart below derived from the progress report available on the official website of the scheme, maintained by the ministry of rural development.

Even during the pandemic years 2020-21 and 2021-22, when work under the scheme shot up, the refusals continued and their numbers became shockingly high. In 2020-21, due to the first total lockdown and then the continued restrictions on normal activity, people were desperately looking for any source of earnings and over 13.3 crore persons sought MGNREGA work. Out of these recorded applicants, 11.2 crore were actually given work. That is, about 2.1 crore persons were turned back. In the second pandemic year of 2021-22, 12.4 crore persons applied for work but again, only 10.6 crore got it – about 1.73 crore were refused work.

This gap existed before the pandemic too but it was not so high. For instance, in 2019-20, 9.3 crore people applied for jobs out of which 7.9 crore got it leaving about 1.5 crore empty-handed. In 2018-19, those refused work numbered some 1.3 crore.

In the current financial year, the rate of refusal appears to be higher with about 18% of total applicants refusing work till October 21.

Note that these are official numbers, which may not reflect the true extent of refusal or discouragement from work under the scheme. Many people are told informally that there is no point in applying for work as no work is available at a particular point in time. So, while the need for work (or ‘demand’, as it is called) exists, this part is not recorded anywhere in the MGNREGA records.

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Newsclick.in, 23 October, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/MGNREGA-nearly-1.5-croreo-job-seekers-refused-work-now


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