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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Punjab yet to finish 85% of work under NREGA this financial year -Anju Agnihotri Chaba

Punjab yet to finish 85% of work under NREGA this financial year -Anju Agnihotri Chaba

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published Published on Jan 7, 2021   modified Modified on Jan 7, 2021

-The Indian Express

The state has taken up 1.31 lakh works under the scheme in the past 9 months till December 31, 2020 including some spill over works of the last financial year out of which only 19,612 works (around 15 per cent of the total taken up works) could be completed till date.

Jalandhar: Despite generating 269 lakh person days and starting on a good note despite Covid-19, Punjab has only managed to complete 15 per cent of work targeted under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme. There are still 3 months of the financial year left to achieve the remaining target of 85 per cent. The state, meanwhile, has utilised 60 per cent of the total grant earmarked for this financial year majority for the wages.

Last year in the post lockdown period in June month, the state had witnessed a 40 per cent rise in person days.

The state has taken up 1.31 lakh works under the scheme in the past 9 months till December 31, 2020 including some spill over works of the last financial year out of which only 19,612 works (around 15 per cent of the total taken up works) could be completed till date. The state has spent around Rs 915 crore out of total grant of Rs 1,500 crore earmarked for the state this year which is almost double the grant against last year.

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The Indian Express, 7 January, 2021, https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-yet-finish-85-work-nrega-this-financial-year-7136324/


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