Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Has Indias Employment Guarantee Program Achieved Intended Targets? Subject The topic of the resource India; MGNREGA; rural labor; social protection Description An account of the resource This paper explores the performance of the worlds largest employment guarantee program, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes in India, both nationally and through a sub-national-level comparison based on key performance indicators viz. (i) financial indicators, (ii) physical performance indicators, and (iii) inclusiveness indicators. The paper is based on administrative data taken from the Ministry of Rural Development from 2006 to 2019. Despite sharp increases in fund allocation, total expenditures, and utilization rates, there was deceleration in majority of physical performance indicators after 2016, including total person-days employment and person-days of employment per household, with wide variation in sub-national level implementation capabilities. The finding also rejects the falsity of saturation of MGNREGA work in the rural areas, which is reflected in a strong positive correlation between fund allocation and employment generation. Its broader objective of social safety net for vulnerable people in rural areas shows an achievement, although with some gaps in implementation. JEL classification: H53, J43, P25 The Author(s) 2021. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Reddy A.A.; Singha Roy N.; Pradeep D. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived SAGE Open, Vol-11, No. 4 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available SAGE Publications Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211052281" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211052281</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118222033&amp;doi=10.1177%2F21582440211052281&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=889dda677c3b87e11eec8688365019d1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85118222033&amp;doi=10.1177%2f21582440211052281&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=889dda677c3b87e11eec8688365019d1</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 21582440 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reddy A.A., ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India; Singha Roy N., Christ University, Bengaluru, KA, India; Pradeep D., Christ University, Bengaluru, KA, India