Percentage of Households receiving Social Protection Benefits under MGNREGA in India from 2015-16 to 2019-20

The percentage of households receiving social protection benefits under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was 41.38% in India during 2015-16. It has surged by 3.55% to 44.93% during 2016-17 above 2015-16. We have seen annual decline of -87 basis points in percentage of households receiving social protection benefits under MGNREGA in India during 2018-19 from 44.94% during 2017-18. The percentage of households receiving social protection benefits under MGNREGA in India was 35.3% during 2019-20, down by -8.77% against 44.07% during 2018-19.

The maximum value of 44.94% has been seen in 2017-18 in percentage of households receiving social protection benefits under MGNREGA in India during the period under consideration.

Note: Source: Ministry of Rural Development.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/resources/sustainable-development-goals-national-indicator-framework-version-21-2020

Resource Title: Sustainable Development Goals National Indicator Framework (Version 2.1) – 2020