MGNREGS

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) covers the entire country except the districts having 100% urban population. This scheme aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in each financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It gives social protection for the most vulnerable people living in rural area by providing employment opportunities through creation of durable assets, improve water security, afforestation linked with soil conservation activities and higher land productivity.

Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin): VB – GRAMIN Act 2025 aligned with the National vision of Viksit Bharat @ 2047 replaces Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGS). This act provides an enhanced statutory wage employment guarantee of 125 days in each Financial Year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to undertake unskilled manual work. It focuses on Empowerment, Growth, Convergence and Saturation for a prosperous and resilient rural Bharat. The works to be taken up under this scheme are (1) Water related work for water security, (2) Core Rural Infrastructure, (3) Livelihood-related Infrastructure and Special works to mitigate Extreme Weather Events and Disaster Preparedness.

Plantations under MGNREGS during 2025–26

During 2025–26, an area over 8.6 hectare of AR Plantations, 651 hectare of ANR with Gap Plantations and 1889.30 RKM of Avenue Plantations have been achieved under MGNREGS by planting 6.16 lakh seedlings of different species. There is a proposal for raising of 50 hectare AR Plantation, 1500 hectare ANR with gap Plantation @ 200 plant per ha., 2000 RKM of Avenue plantation and 150 lakh seedlings to be distributed during the year 2026–27.

Year wise Afforestation Programme under MGNREGS

The year wise afforestation programme taken up and the amount utilized under MGNREGS upto 2025–26 (upto 31.12.2025) is given below.

Year	Area afforested (in ha)	Avenue Plantation taken up (in RKM)	Water bodies created (in no.)	Amount utilized (Rs. in lakh)
2006-07	779	0	146	264.00
2007-08	2590	51	0	492.00
2008-09	233	14	0	842.00
2009-10	11219	112	024	1106.41
2010-11	9543	241	26	1849.69
2011-12	14021	746	32	2648.45
2012-13	15307	2477	6	3954.36
2013-14	38115	3506	108	8703.55
2014-15	39904	3755	0	6749.54
2015-16	28354	3340	0	9113.18
2016-17	17806	3714	0	8213.62
2017-18	14330	2477	0	7245.25
2018-19	15370	3114	0	8567.00
2019-20	7288	3280	0	9021.00
2020-21	28615	4061	0	29137.43
2021-22	25041	4557	0	30595.00
2022-23	12509	3912	65	18207.85
2023-24	4211	3022	05	12808.54
2024-25	1583	2006	0	14450.41
2025-26	59.6	1889.30	0	5937.61

Plantations through Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd.(OMC)under Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR)

Avenue Plantation under MGNREGS, Balliguda Forest Division

Plantation under MGNREGS, Balliguda Forest Division

Urban Tree Plantation under GMM at Mirdhapali, Balangir Forest Division FY- 2025-26

As per MoU signed between M/s Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd represented through Managing Director and State Forest Department represented through Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Odisha executed on 5th June, 2015, it was decided to undertake plantation of 10 lakh seedlings every year along with its maintenance under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scheme in the mining affected districts of the State. The districts covered under this scheme are Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Angul, Jajpur, Kalahandi, Koraput, Rayagada and Cuttack.

During 2025–26, AR plantations over an area of 364 hectare and UTP over 0.65 lakh seedlings have been achieved by planting 6.47 lakh seedlings in the districts like Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur under CSR Scheme