Proposal To Increase Labor Budget in MGNREGA | 19 Mar 2022

On March 17, 2022, the Union Ministry of Rural Development approved an increase of two crore 22 lakh man-days in the labor budget of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Chhattisgarh.

After the approval of the Union Rural Development Ministry, now the target of employment generation under MGNREGA for the current financial year 2021-22 in the state will increase from 13.50 million man-days to 15.72 million man-days.
Chhattisgarh had achieved the target of generating 13 and a half crore man-days of employment under MGNREGA in the current financial year 2021-22 in the month of February itself.
It is noteworthy that so far this year, about 54 lakh five thousand workers of more than 28 lakh families have been given work under NREGA in the state. During this, employment of more than 100 days has also been provided to four lakh 75 thousand 374 families.