Barring five states, all other received less NREGA funds from Centre

January 13, 2015 14:38

Recently the Indian Express reported that the average daily wage rate for rural India grew by 3.8 per cent in November 2014, the lowest growth rate since 2005.

This decline in rural wage growth happened at a time when the government has cut back on allocation for the rural employment guarantee scheme.

While the government has denied that this was the case, data analysis by Scroll.in shows that barring five states -- West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and Chhattisgarh -- all others have received significantly lower funds from the Centre.

You can read the report here.

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