- The Centre releasedRs 4,431 crores to clear pending wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005(MGNREGA) & will also pay all dues (Rs 11,499 crores) by April 10, 2020.
Key Points
- With this increase in wages, the national average wage under MGNREGA will rise from Rs 182 to Rs 202 per day.
- Totally there are 13.62 crore job cardholders under the MGNREGA, out of which 8.17 crores are active job cardholders.
It also informed that Individual-oriented work(beneficiaries of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) & work done by women under MGNREGA can continue their work during the lockdown
