MGNREGA jobs show modest August uptick but trail 2025 levels
Work generated under the rural employment scheme MGNREGA rose modestly in August 2026 but stayed below the levels seen a year earlier. Cumulative persondays for the July-August period fell 32%, from 29.78 crore to 20.21 crore year-on-year. Ministry officials attributed the decline to a roughly 60-day pause in agricultural activity that reduced demand for rural work.
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MGNREGA persondays are a recurring welfare-scheme metric tested across UPSC, SSC and Railways exams.
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- July-August cumulative persondays fell 32% year-on-year.
- Persondays dropped from 29.78 crore to 20.21 crore.
- Officials cite a ~60-day pause in agricultural activity as the cause.
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