NREGA has been the world's largest programme of its nature for providing employment in rural areas, providing work to over 276 million workers. There have been a few milestones that the Act has achieved in its decade-long existence like more than 50 percent jobs employed women workers and employment to almost one-third members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. However, the Act has a long way to go to address some gnawing issues such as wage parity to minimum wages, payment of wages on time, creating jobs in drought-ridden states and creation for long-lasting assets.
