A latest example of a scam related to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) was unearthed in Gujarat, where a man of Bodeli Tehsil in Chhota Udepur district, who died four years back was issued a job card and payment was made to his account. The the local MLA Mohansinh Rathwa brought this Scam to the light of the Gujarat state Assembly, which was even acknowledged by the Gujarat Agriculture Minister.

Scams related to the payment under the MNREGA scheme continue to surface in the state. During the Question Hour of the ongoing Budget session, Mohansinh Rathwa on Tuesday, mentioned several irregularities in his constituency Chotta Udepur. He said that in the records of MGNREGA, many of the payments have been made even to minors and to those who are employed in the government sector.