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Table 1 Annual person-days of MGNREGS work estimated from NSSO employment survey and that reported by the official programme data in 19 large states of India, 2009–10 and 2012-13

From: The national employment guarantee scheme and inequities in household spending on food and non-food determinants of health in rural India

 

Annual number of person-days of MGNREGS work from employment survey 2009–10 (millions)*

MGNREGS official data†

2009-10

2012-13

Percent change in number of person days from 2009–10 to 2012-13

Annual number of person-days generated (millions)

Annual number of person-days generated (millions)

Less developed states

    

Assam

27.4

73.3

31.4

−57.1

Bihar

34.0

113.7

90.9

−20.1

Chhattisgarh

65.6

104.2

119.3

14.5

Jharkhand

16.7

84.2

56.5

−32.9

Madhya Pradesh

98.9

262.4

128.5

−51.0

Odisha

42.3

55.4

54.5

−1.6

Rajasthan

350.2

449.8

220.3

−51.0

Uttar Pradesh

120.1

355.9

140.4

−60.6

Uttaranchal

8.6

18.2

18.5

1.2

Other large states

    

Andhra Pradesh

225.7

404.4

318.0

−21.4

Gujarat

31.3

58.5

28.2

−51.8

Haryana

5.9

5.9

12.9

117.7

Jammu & Kashmir

3.6

12.9

30.4

136.4

Karnataka

18.3

200.3

62.2

−69.0

Kerala

15.2

34.0

83.8

146.6

Maharashtra

18.5

27.4

84.9

209.6

Punjab

4.9

7.7

6.5

−15.5

Tamil Nadu

135.8

239.1

408.1

70.7

West Bengal

92.3

155.2

199.5

28.5

Total

    

Less developed states

763.7

1517.2

860.2

−43.3

Other large states

551.6

1145.4

1234.4

7.8

India

1422.3

2836.0

2253.2

−20.6

  1. *Computed from NSSO Employment and unemployment survey 2009–10.
  2. †Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India: NREGA implementation status report for the financial year. [http://164.100.129.6/netnrega/dash_brd.aspx?fin_year=2012-2013].