Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) KS Eshwarappa said that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) has managed to provide 14.84 crore man-days of work, worth Rs 3,997 crore in 2020-2021.
He said, "Initially, it was targeted to generate 13 crore man-days as the Union government revised it to 14.65 crore man-days, the state received an additional Rs 800 crore. With additional 7.08 new job cards, 16.85 lakh persons are newly enrolled. In all, 56.83 lakh people of 30.19 families got a job under the scheme and 2.40 lakh families completed 100 days of work."
The minister said, "The wages have been increased under MNREGA. Now, a worker will get Rs 289. Earlier, it was Rs 275. In addition, Rs 10 will be given for agriculture equipment."
(Published 02 April 2021, 16:31 IST)
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