Gujarat government praises MGNREGA scheme; calls it ‘lifesaver’ for labourers during COVID-19 pandemic
The Hindu
The State government praised the scheme in its report prepared by the State’s Climate Change Department together with IIM-Ahmedabad and IIT-Gandhinagar.
The BJP government in Gujarat has hailed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme as a “lifesaver” for the migrant workers, who returned to their native villages in the State due to the lockdown last year. The State government praised the scheme in its report ‘Implications of COVID-19 on Gujarat on Energy, Emissions, Climate and Development Perspectives’, which was released by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani last Saturday on the occasion of World Environment Day. MGNREGA is the Centre’s work guarantee scheme for rural people with predetermined minimum wage. It was launched by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2006.
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