The progress status of the rural jobs programme, as reported by Times of India, has repeatedly confirmed that more and more villagers have been flocking to the scheme in the wake of lockdown and absence of traditional work avenues. On August 6, MGNREGS clocked 106 days of active work in the 2020-21 financial year. On the same day, Telangana generated 106% man-days compared to the work done in 365 days of 2019-20. Interestingly, during this period, Andhra Pradesh touched 96% of the work done last year. Rajasthan achieved 69% of mandays generated in 2019-20 in just 106 days while Chhattisgarh and Bihar achieved nearly 68%. MP and Haryana stood at 67% while Karnataka and West Bengal touched 60%. Odisha has done 65%.