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As told to Parliament (December 22, 2021): Over 150 million households have jobs cards under MGNREGA

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More than 150 million households have job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the country as of December 18, 2021, Niranjan Jyoti, minister of state in the rural development ministry, told the Rajya Sabha.

Uttar Pradesh had a maximum number of households having job cards (21,125,892) and Goa had a minimum number of households with job cards (34,459).

The highest average wage rate per day per person (Rs 312.68) was paid in Haryana and the lowest average wage rate per day per person (Rs 172.73) was paid in Telangana, as of December 18, 2021.

Cost norms for supplementary nutrition

The cost norms for supplementary nutrition in 2017 were revised with reference to the average consumer price index-rural labour index for May 2016, Smriti Zubin Irani, child development minister, told Rajya Sabha.

Recipes prepared for beneficiaries under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme mainly consist of foodgrains such as rice, wheat and millets. These food grains are supplied at subsidised rates of Rs 3, Rs 2 and Re 1 respectively to the states.

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