Within three years of its nationwide implementation, the UPA government's flagship rural jobs programme has shown a decline in work provided. The downtrend is in contrast to surveys showing that more people are becoming aware of the right to work. The number of households demanding work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in 2010-11 was 2.8 million more than in 2009-10. But the number of workdays had dipped by nearly 10%.