Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)

iAbout This Scheme

Launched on 25 September 2001 by merging EAS and JGSY, SGRY aimed to provide wage employment to rural poor and create durable community assets through a combination of cash and foodgrain wages. It was an umbrella employment programme covering all rural areas and disbursed 5 million tonnes of foodgrains annually from FCI stocks. SGRY was subsumed into the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in February 2006.

🎁Key Benefits

• Wage employment with partial payment in foodgrains
• Construction of rural roads, ponds, and community assets
• Special component for calamity-affected areas
• 100% Central funding for foodgrain component

✅Eligibility Criteria

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  Scheme discontinued — merged into MGNREGS 2006

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions