‘Provide aid to workers who were denied rural jobs’

With the Central government asking the States to exclude people over 55 years from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), various labour associations have urged the Rural

With the Central government asking the States to exclude people over 55 years from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), various labour associations have urged the Rural Development Department to provide relief assistance to the workers whose livelihoods were affected. P.L. Sundaram, president of Erode District Rural Workers Association, in a letter to the Secretary, Rural Development Department, said that the Central government had on April 19 sent a circular to the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department asking not to employ persons above 55 years. The Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) was asked to enforce the order.