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3 states ask Centre to allow machines for NREGS work -Saubhadra Chatterji

-Hindustan Times

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka have written to Centre seeking a relaxation of the rule restricting employment to manual labour because large parts of these 3 states have rocky terrain.

New Delhi: At least three states have asked the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to allow the use of machines in work done under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which is restricted to manual labour, officials aware of the matter said

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka want the central government to allow the use of machines for executing projects in difficult terrain -- a proposal that, if accepted, could mark the first relaxation of rules in the flagship job guarantee scheme.

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