P&RD achieves 100% target of 'person days' under MGNREGA
The Panchayat and Rural Development department (P&RD), Assam has achieved 100 per cent of set target of person days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on January 31, the department stated in a release.
| 3 Feb 2021 4:48 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: The Panchayat and Rural Development department (P&RD), Assam has achieved 100 per cent of set target of person days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on January 31, the department stated in a release.
"The Union Government has set a target of 650 lakh person days for the current financial year and during the pandemic situation, the P&RD Department has taken utmost care in generating wage employment under the MGNREGA and played a major role in keeping the rural economy steady. In spite of the prevailing pandemic situation, the department started works under MGNREGA for providing assistance to economically and socially vulnerable section of people in rural areas of Assam to compensate their daily wages during the nationwide lockdown. This ground-breaking step helped the department in achieving such a high target and generated 653.11 lakh person days till date," stated the release from the department.