Highest Demand under MGNREGA

Amid the surge in Covid-19 cases, about 2 crore families across the country availed of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in April—80% higher than the corresponding figure last year, according to the data on the MGNREGA’s website.

Important Facts

  • The data, reported by states till May 9, shows that 1.99 crore families—availed of the NREGS in April 2021, compared to 1.10 crore families in April 2020. The April 2021 figure, however, is also higher than the pre-Covid-19 number of April 2019, when 1.70 crore households used the scheme.
  • The states which have seen the sharpest jump in ....
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