MGNREGA_SAMEEKSHA

72 MGNREGA Sameeksha
employment provided on the field. 67 The NSSO 66th
Round survey (June 2009–July 2010) provides a
projection of the percentage of households that were
provided employment under MGNREGA and the
average person-days generated under the Scheme.
However, these estimates are different from the data
noted under the MPRs and MIS 68 as noted in Table
6.4. In this case it may be relevant to keep in mind
that data on the MIS/MPR is real time, whereas
NSSO data is survey data.
It is important to note that expenditure (as reported
in the MPR) under MGNREGA is increasingly
available on MIS. In FY 2011–12*, more than 90
per cent of the total expenditure is available on MIS
(including details of beneficiaries, etc.) and can be
easily cross-verified (See Box 6.2). However, national
level studies to verify the authenticity of MIS data are
required.
67
C. Imbert and J. Papp, ‘Estimating Leakages in India’s Employment Guarantee’, in The Battle for Employment Guarantee Act,
ed. R. Khera, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 267–78.
68
In 2009–10 (when the NSSO survey was conducted), a large part of the data reporting from the field was through Monthly
Progress Reports. Since then the GoI has moved in large part to the online MIS.