The participation of women in schemes under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in Assam has witnessed an upsurge. Female workers have availed more than 50% of total person days allotted to them.
In 2023-24 FY, the women’s participation was 50.59% against the total of 875.61 lakh person days generated. Moreover, till the first week of September 2024, against the 295.04 total person days generated under MGNREGA, the involvement of women workers was 54.53%.
The projected percentage of women availing of MGNREGA schemes will cross 60% by the end of the 2024-25 financial year (FY).
The vision of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is to enhance the livelihood security of rural households across the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Source The Sentinel
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