So far, 5.54 lakh families have got employment of 100 days this year, Chhattisgarh ranks fifth in the country for providing 100 days employment to highest number of families
Raipur (the states. news) Chhattisgarh is setting new records one after the other in implementation of MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Chhattisgarh has bagged a new record of providing 100 days of employment to the maximum number of families this year in the current financial year 2020-21, along with generating the highest number of employment in person-days, ever since MNREGA came into existence in year 2006-07. This year, employment of 100 days has been provided to 5 lakh 54 thousand 322 families. Chhattisgarh ranks fifth in the entire country in terms of providing 100 days of employment to maximum number of families under MNREGA. Only Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are ahead of Chhattisgarh in this case. The number of MNREGA job card-holder families in these states and the target of employment generation set by Government of India is much higher than Chhattisgarh. More than 17 crore 66 lakh person-days of employment have been created in the state so far this year, which is the highest since the implementation of MNREGA. Raipur (the states. news)
