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Table
15.07.2004

Employment Guarantee: A Distant Dream

Budgetary Allocations by the Central Government
on Rural Employment Programmes (Rupees Crores)
 
1998-
99
1999-
2000
2000-
01
2001-
02
2002-
03
2003-
04
2004-05
 
BE
RE
BE
RE
BE
RE
BE
RE
BE
RE
BE
RE
BE
(I)
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana*
740
651
859
950
900
370
450
480
656
656
720
720
900
(II)
Total Rural Employment
4085
4050
3795
3729
2655
2798
2925
4225
4596
9502
4488
9640
4590
A
Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
2925
3425
3996
8642
4488
9640
4590
Cash Component
2925
3425
3375
3375
3713
3713
4050
Foodgrain Component
-
-
621
5267
775
1039
260
Special Component
-
-
-
-
-
4889
280
B
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
2099
2060
2095
1689
1485
1345
C
Employment Assurance Scheme
(including Food for Work Programme)
1990
1990
1700
2040
1170
1453
800
600
860
-
-
-
* Allocation for 1998-9 refer to Integrated Rural Development Programme, which was replaced by a new rural self-employment programme, Swarnajayanti Gram Rozgar Yojana, in the millennium year.
BE: Budget Estimate; RE: Revised Estimate.

Source: Expenditure Budget, Volume 2, Government of India (various years)
 

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