In Chhattisgarh MNREGA, first within the nation in offering 100 days employment to the forest rights lease holder households

Chhattisgarh ranks first within the nation within the present monetary yr 2021-22 in offering 100 days employment to forest rights leasehold households underneath MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). In the primary two months of the monetary yr, April and May solely, 1681 households of forest rights lease holders have been given 100 days of employment. At the nationwide degree, the share of Chhattisgarh alone is greater than 44 p.c within the whole households with 100 days of employment. Due to the superb work completed underneath MNREGA within the final April and May, Chhattisgarh ranks fourth within the nation when it comes to offering employment to essentially the most disabled, sixth in offering 100 days of employment to most households and in completion of labor towards the goal. is in seventh place.

Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev has patted the departmental officers, state MNREGA crew and Panchayat representatives for doing a superb job because the starting of the yr in offering employment to the villagers by means of MNREGA. He expressed hope that the state can be included within the implementation of MGNREGA like earlier years, this yr additionally among the many high states of the nation. MGNREGA crew and Panchayat representatives should work with consciousness and proactively all year long for this.

Three crore 38 lakh 65 thousand man-days of employment have been created within the state within the first two months of the present monetary yr. This is greater than 25 p.c of the goal set by the Government of India for the state for a yr, 13 crore 50 lakh man-days. The state is ranked seventh on the nationwide degree when it comes to completion of labor towards the goal. In the final two months, 27 lakh 13 thousand employees of 15 lakh 61 thousand households have been supplied employment underneath MNREGA. These embrace 18 thousand 132 disabled individuals. Chhattisgarh ranks fourth within the nation when it comes to offering employment to the utmost variety of in another way abled individuals this yr. In the primary two months of the monetary yr 2021-22, 2969 households of the state have gotten 100 days of employment. Chhattisgarh ranks sixth within the nation on this regard. A complete of Rs 355 crore 26 lakh wages have been paid to MGNREGA employees within the state within the months of April and May this yr.