Farming and rural incomes
Rural employment-guarantee work
Rural employment-guarantee work: 2.28 billion person-days in 2025-26
2.28 billion person-days
Data through 2025-26
Terms in this reading
- MGNREGA
- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which guarantees eligible rural households access to public work. Definition and conventions
Notes
The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.
Publication cadence: Financial year. Missing observations are not zero.
Rural employment-guarantee work
| Fiscal year | Persondays |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2.28 billion person-days |
| 2024-25 | 2.86 billion person-days |
| 2023-24 | 3.09 billion person-days |
| 2022-23 | 2.93 billion person-days |
| 2021-22 | 3.63 billion person-days |
| 2020-21 | 3.89 billion person-days |
| 2019-20 | 2.65 billion person-days |
data.indiadispatch.com
Source: Ministry of Rural Development, India Dispatch Research
Cite this reading
India by the numbers, Rural employment-guarantee work, 2025-26. 2.28 billion person-days. Source: Ministry of Rural Development. https://data.indiadispatch.com/economy/rural-employment-guarantee
Published content updated . This is separate from the source observation period.
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