Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

Year: 2005

Enactment Date: 2005-09-05

Long Title: An Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto..

Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development

Department: Department of Rural Development

Section 22: Funding pattern.
    (1) Subject to the rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, the Central Government shall meet the cost of the following, namely:--
         (a) the amount required for payment of wages for unskilled manual work under the Scheme;
         (b) up to three-fourths of the material cost of the Scheme including payment of wages to skilled and semi-skilled workers subject to the provisions of Schedule II;
         (c) such percentage of the total cost of the Scheme as may be determined by the Central Government towards the administrative expenses, which may include the salary and allowances of the Programme Officers and his supporting staff, the administrative expenses of the Central Council, facilities to be provided under Schedule II and such other item as may be decided by the Central Government.
     (2) The State Government shall meet the cost of the following, namely:--
         (a) the cost of unemployment allowance payable under the Scheme;
         (b) one-fourth of the material cost of the Scheme including payment of wages to skilled and semiskilled workers subject to the provisions of Schedule II;
         (c) the administrative expenses of the State Council.
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