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Beneficiaries get 114% more work under MGNREGS in July
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SME Times News Bureau | 31 Jul, 2020
The MGNREGS has become a major support for daily wage labourers in
different villages during the coronavirus crisis, as central government
figures show that the beneficiaries got 114 per cent more work in July
than last year under the scheme.
And since May, this figure has been steadily increasing.
Under
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
that provides employment to rural people and is operated by the Rural
Development Ministry, the beneficiaries got 73 per cent more work in May
compared with the corresponding period last year. The figure touched 92
per cent and 114 per cent during June and July respectively.
In
fact, after the migration of migrant labourers from the metros during
coronavirus outbreak, the government also laid special emphasis on
MGNREGS to provide means of livelihood for them in their respective
villages. The Centre had increased the wages under this scheme from Rs
182 to Rs 202 per day, apart from hiking its budget by Rs 40,000 crore.
The
budgetary allocation for MNREGS in the 2020-21 fiscal was Rs 61,500
crore, but an additional Rs 40,000 crore was provided for in the
economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore announced by the central government
under the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
According to the
Ministry data, under MGNREGS, in July 2020, an average of 2.26 crore
people got work in the country, which is 114 per cent more than the
previous year, while an average of 1.05 crore people got daily work in
the same month.
In June, an average of 3.35 crore people got
daily work, which is 92 per cent more than the 1.74 crore recorded in
June last year.
In May this year, an average of 2.51 crore
people got daily work under MGNREGS, which is 73 per cent higher than
1.45 crore figure in June last year.
According to the data, under
the MNREGS, people in 1.86 lakh panchayats got work till July 30.
According to Rural Development Ministry figures, 9.24 crore
beneficiaries got employment till July 30. Till July 29, Rs 50,780 crore
had been released under this scheme.
According to the data,
157.89 crore man-days were created till July 30 in the current fiscal,
as compared to 265.35 person days during the 2019-20 fiscal.
Under the MGNREGS, people willing to work in rural areas are guaranteed 100 days of employment per year.
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