Inter-District analysis of Mgnrega: A study of Telangana State (2006–16)

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a major flagship programme in the history of Indian employment policy. So far, it has successfully completed a decade of the journey in its implementation during the period of 2006–07 to 2015–16. This study attempts to examine the macro-level status and to explore inter-district variations in the performance of MGNREGA in thenewly formed state of Telangana. In the state, average employment given per household under MGNREGA is 49 days, which is less than half of the proposed target during 2006–16. The MGNREGA employment generation has been decelerating after 2009–10 in the state. There is no uniformity among the districts in the performance of MGNREGA, and it varies across the indicators. The relation between household's coverage and employment generation is found to be negative. On the whole, MGNREGA performance is not satisfactory as it couldn't provide more employment in economically backward districts.