Launched on 2^nd February 2006 as a momentous initiative towards pro-poor growth. For the first time, rural communities have been given not just a development programme but also a regime of rights. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) guarantees 100 days of employment in a financial year to any rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work.

   This work guarantee also serve other objectives: generating productive assets and skills thereby boosting the rural economy, protecting the environment, empowering rural women, reducing rural urban migration and fostering social equity, among others. The Act offers an opportunity to strengthen our democratic processes by entrusting principle role to Panchayats at all levels in its implementation and promises transparency through involvement of community at planning and monitoring stages.

Coverage in Gujarat: Nine Districts  

• Sabarkantha
• Banaskantha
• Narmada
• Dangs
• Panchmahal
• Dahod
• Bharuch
• Navsari
• Valsad

Enlistment for employment under the Act 

• The adult members of every household should submit their names, age, sex and address to the Gram Panchayat for registration. This registration will be valid for five years and is open for the whole year. Gram Panchayat will do the verification of details submitted by household for registration.
• Gram Panchayat will then issue a job card, having photographs of adult members of registered household. It will be valid for five years and will have a unique registration number.

Demand for work 

• To get employment, the registered adult should apply on a plain paper in writing to Gram Panchayat or Programme Officer (at block level) and ask dated receipt of application. The application should be submitted for at least 14 days of continuous work. Besides, application in advance can also be submitted, indicating the date from which he/she wants employment under the Scheme

Entitlement of Workers 

• Employment will be provided to the individual, within 15 days of submitting the application, if employment is not provided, then the applicant would be entitled to receive unemployment allowance as per laid down terms and conditions.

Permissible Works

• Water conservation and water
• Drought proofing, including afforestation and tree plantation.
• Irrigation canals, including micro and minor irrigation works.
• Provision of irrigation facility to land owned by households belonging to the SC/ST, or to land of the beneficiaries of land reforms, or to land of the beneficiaries under the Indira Awas Yojana
• Renovation of traditional water bodies, including de-silting of tanks.
• Land development.
• Flood-control and protection works, including drainage in waterlogged areas.
• Rural connectivity to provide all-weather access.
• Any other work that may be notified by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government.

Contact person at District and Block level 

   District Level :

Progress at a glance (May '08 ending)

Online Monitoring

   One can access the progress and the documents related to NREGS at www.nrega.nic.in.

Statistical Data

Scheme Notification of NREGA

NREGA Paripatra

NREGA MPR

• March '07
• April '07
• May '07
• June '07
• July '07
• August '07
• September '07
• October '07
• November '07
• December '07
• January '08
• February '08
• March '08

NREGS(English)

NREGS(Gujarati)