54% Share of Women in MGNREGA Works | 30 Oct 2021

According to recently published data, the share of women in MGNREGA works in Bihar is more than that of men (about 54 percent).

According to the data, in the financial year 2021-22 so far 10 crore 23 lakh employment days have been created in the state, in which the participation of women has been 54 percent.
At the same time, it has been revealed from the registration of workers working in the unorganized sector that even out of 75 lakh workers who get registered, more than half are women.
The participation of men in registering is only 42.83 percent, while the participation of women is 57.17 percent.
According to the statistics, the maximum number of workers have been registered from the agriculture sector, which is about 50 percent of the total workers. After this comes the place of workers associated with the construction sector, in which about 11 lakh workers have registered.
It may be noted that the workers of the unorganized sector in Bihar are being registered on the National e-Shram Portal.