Forest Rights Act title holders await additional MGNREGA work
Quick dive
- FRA title-holding Adivasi households were entitled to an additional 50 days of work over the annual guarantee, but a notification under the new VB-G RAM G Act had not yet clarified the position.
- The report says the new programme guarantees 125 days per household and has no separate tier for FRA title holders.
- Only 15% of 14 lakh eligible households used the additional 50 days in 2025–26; Andhra Pradesh was reported as the strongest performer.
- The article explains that Section 5(4) permits work beyond the guarantee within economic capacity, while Section 7 allows disaster-related relaxation on recommendation.
- exam_relevance: tests statutory employment guarantees, tribal entitlements, delegated notifications and the gap between legal provision, administrative clarification and actual uptake.
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