Rajasthan and Karnataka, which used to be stand-out performers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)’s flagship scheme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), of late, are showing signs of faltering in terms of execution, raising a question mark on the future of the programme. The scheme, launched in February 2006, was considered instrumental in returning the Congress to power in 2009.

The number of days a household got employment in rural areas of Rajasthan was about 38 per year in 2009-10 and 23 per year in 2012-13, according to an analysis done by economists Reetika Khera and Dimple Kukreja

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