Budget cuts for the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee scheme coupled with the administrative changes have resulted in reduced employment through the highly successful rural employment scheme in Telangana in the year 2021-22. Improvement in COVID-19 pandemic situation too has been a major factor.
Analysis of three years’ data related to the scheme’s expenditure in Telangana’s 32 districts has revealed that the expenditure was cut down by 10 % during last year when compared with the previous year, says the report from Libtech India, a study group of engineers and social scientists.
Expenditure on the scheme in Telangana was the highest in 2020-21 at ₹4643 crore which came down to ₹4087 crore in 2021-22, clocking almost 12 % reduction which in monetary terms amounted to ₹556 crore.
