Physical and financial performance of mgnregs in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha

The objectives of paper are to analyse block wise physical Performance, financial Performance, person-days of employment created, fund utilization under MGNREGS in mayurbhanj district of Odisha during 2006–2011. Mayurbhanj has completed six years of NREGA implementation. Among 26 blocks, Badasahi block has issued maximum number of job cards followed by Betanoti, Kaptipada, Kuliana and Samakhunta. Sikruli block has issued the lowest. Tiring, Jamda, Baripada and Rasgobindapur are other blocks which have issued less number of cards. Coming to utilization of funds, Gopabandhunagar block followed by Sarakshana and Bijatala have made significant utilization of funds of more than 80% of the funds allocated. As many as 14 blocks of Mayurbhanj have exceeded the wage-non wage ratio by margins varying from 1 to 14. Morada block is the worst performer in this front. Rasgovindpur has also failed miserably in meeting the mandate as the proportion of expenditure on unskilled wages. However, Samakhunta appears to have just reached the margin.