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NEWS ALERTS | More evidence: NREGA generated jobs for poor SCs & STs
More evidence: NREGA generated jobs for poor SCs & STs

More evidence: NREGA generated jobs for poor SCs & STs

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published Published on Apr 13, 2015   modified Modified on May 1, 2015

Amidst brouhaha over the importance of MGNREGA, the recently released 68th Round National Sample Survey (NSS) report clears the air whether the MGNREGA had been beneficial to employment of persons from Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Based on a survey of nearly 59,700 households in rural areas of India, the NSS 68th Round data shows that the proportion of persons who got job in MGNREGA work was the highest among SCs (55.6%), followed by STs (50.5%), OBCs (49.1%) and was the lowest among 'others' category (45.5%). At the national level, this proportion (for all castes taken together) was 50.5%.

The 68th Round of NSS, which was conducted during July 2011 to June 2012 indicates that the proportion of persons (18 years & above and registered in the scheme) who sought but did not get work in MGNREG work was the highest for 'others' category of persons (21.9%) and it was the lowest among OBCs (16.5%). At the all India level, this proportion (for all castes taken together) was 18.8%.

The proportion of females who sought but did not get work in MGNREGA was 16.8% whereas for males the same was 20.2%.

Among the STs, the proportion of males getting MGNREGA work was 51.8% whereas the same for females was 48.9%. Among the SCs, the proportion of males getting MGNREGA work was 55.1% whereas the same for females was 56.3%.

The proportion of ST households having MGNREGA job card was 7.3% in Bihar, 73.6% in Chhattisgarh, 38.1% in Jharkhand, 76.9% in Madhya Pradesh, 55.1% in Odisha, 82.3% in Rajasthan and 31.3% in Uttar Pradesh.

The proportion of SC households having MGNREGA job card was 35.8% in Bihar, 75.6% in Chhattisgarh, 44% in Jharkhand, 73% in Madhya Pradesh, 48.1% in Odisha, 80.6% in Rajasthan and 43.4% in Uttar Pradesh.

The proportion of ST persons (18 years & above and registered in the scheme) who sought but did not get employment in MGNREGA was 37.5% in Bihar, 8.9% in Chhattisgarh, 16.4% in Jharkhand, 13.2% in Madhya Pradesh, 23.7% in Odisha, 22.1% in Rajasthan and 19.8% in Uttar Pradesh.

The proportion of SC persons (18 years & above and registered in the scheme) who sought but did not get employment in MGNREGA was 33.8% in Bihar, 13.4% in Chhattisgarh, 37.8% in Jharkhand, 21.3% in Madhya Pradesh, 25.6% in Odisha, 22.8% in Rajasthan and 15.2% in Uttar Pradesh.

It is worth noting that at the national level, the proportion of unemployed (i.e. number of persons unemployed per 100 persons) as per usual status (usual principal status+subsidiary status) among rural male was nearly 0.7% for ST, while for each of SC, OBC and others category, it was nearly 1% and for females, proportion of unemployed was observed to vary between 0.4% to 0.5% for various social groups. The unemployment rate (i.e. number of persons unemployed per 100 persons in the labour force) among rural male was 2% for SC, 1.7% for OBC, 1.8% for 'others' and among ST it was 1.3%. Among females, unemployment rate was 2.4% among others category, 1.7% among OBC, 1.4% among SC and 1.1% among ST.

The key findings of the NSS report no. 563: Employment and Unemployment Situation among Social Groups in India (released in January 2015) pertaining to the participation of rural households in MGNREGA works are as follows

(i) Households with MGNREG job cards and registration of persons in MGNREG job cards

* About 38.4% of the households in rural areas had MGNREGA job cards.

* A higher proportion of households belonging to ST or SC category had MGNREGA job cards than  OBC or others category of households: 57.2% of ST households and 50% of SC households had MGNREG job cards as compared to 34.2% of OBC households and 27.1% of others category of households.

* About 23.7% of the rural persons of age 18 years and above were registered in MGNREG job card.

* Among persons of age 18 years and above, a higher proportion of males compared to females were  registered in MGNREGA job  card:  nearly 28.1% of  males compared to 19.4% of females were registered in MGNREGA job card.

* The proportion of persons of age 18 years and above registered in MGNREGA job cards was the   highest, nearly 42.6% for persons belonging to ST households, followed by 30.9% for SC, 21% for OBC and the lowest 14.7% for persons in others category of households.

(ii) Status of getting work in MGNREG work among persons of age 18 years and above registered in MGNREG job cards

* Among rural persons of age 18 years and above registered in MGNREG job cards, 50.5% got work  in MGNREGA work, 18.8% sought but did not get MGNREG works and 30.5% did not seek work in MGNERG work.

* Proportion of persons who got work in MGNREGA work was the highest among SC (55.6%), followed by ST (50.5%), OBC (49.1%) and was the lowest among others category (45.5%).

* The proportion of persons who sought but did not get work in MGNREGA work was the  highest  for others category  of  persons (21.9%)  and  it  was  the  lowest among OBC (16.5%).

* The  proportion  of  persons who  did  not  seek  work  in  MGNERG  work was  the highest among OBC (nearly 34.2%) and was the lowest among SC (24%),  while  it  was  30.4%  among  ST  and  32.5% among others category.

References:

NSS report no. 563(68/10/4): Employment and unemployment situation among social groups
in India
(released in January 2015) 

MGNREGA Works and Their Impacts: A Study of Maharashtra -Krushna Ranaware, Upasak Das, Ashwini Kulkarni, and Sudha Narayanan, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol-L, No. 13, March 28, 2015 

Move to dilute MGNREGA: From Right to Scheme

Rs 2 to Rs 17: Rise in NREGS wages is no hike at all -Subodh Ghildiyal, The Times of India, 7 April, 2015 

NREGA: Each household got only 39 job days last year -Ruhi Tewari, The Indian Express, 6 April, 2015 


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