The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 · V — ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE FUNDSANDAUDIT

Section 22. Funding pattern

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

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 semi-skilled workers subject to the provisions of Schedule II; (c) the administrative expenses of the State Council. 22. As far as practicable, works executed by the programme implementation agencies shall be performed by using manual labour and no labour displacing machines shall be used. 22. For the purpose of transparency at the work site, the following shall be ensured:— (i) there shall be a project initiation meeting in which various provisions of the work shall be explained to the workers; (ii) a copy of the sanction work order shall be available for public inspection at the worksite; (iii) measurement record of each work and details of the workers shall be available for public inspection; (iv) a Citizens' Information Board shall be put up at every worksite and updated regularly in the manner specified by the Central Government; (v) The vigilance and Monitoring Committee setup according to the instructions of the Central Government may check all works and its evaluation report will be recorded in the Works Register in the format specified by the Central Government and submitted to the Gram Sabha during the Social Audit.

Source: India Code