AP sees major rise in MGNREGA work amid pandemic, Rs 10.52 crore wages pending -Jahnavi Reddy
-TheNewsMinute.com More than 3 lakh families have already completed the 100 guaranteed workdays under the scheme, according to a report based on data from April to September. More than 3.3 lakh new job cards have been issued this year in Andhra Pradesh under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme (MGNREGA), a recent report has revealed. The report, which looks at the implementation of the MGNREGA scheme during the six-month period from April to September 2020, shows that the number of job cards issued this year alone comprises 5% of the total job cards issued in the state (67 lakh) since the scheme was first implemented in 2005. Published by LibTech India, a collective of engineers, social workers and social scientists working on improving public service delivery, the report gives an insight into the implementation of the MGNREGA scheme since the nationwide lockdown was put in place in March 2020. While fears of COVID-19 infection had instilled fear among workers and officials in the beginning of this period, and compensation and wages initially delayed, these six months eventually saw a much higher number of person days ( (the total number of days that employment was provided for all registered workers combined), compared to the number of person days during the same period last year, according to the report. Please click here to read more. |
TheNewsMinute.com, 11 November, 2020, https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ap-sees-major-rise-mgnrega-work-amid-pandemic-rs-1052-crore-wages-pending-137393
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