MGNREGS ▪ The Tamil Nadu government recently sanctioned ₹1,229 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for 2024-25. ✓ ₹921.78 crore (75%) - Central government ✓ ₹307.26 crore (25%) - State government. Note ▪ The Central Government had recently increased the wages under the MGNREGS by ₹25 per day. ▪ In Tamil Nadu the wages under MGNREGS is ₹319 per day. About MGNREGS ▪ Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. ▪ Objective - to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed employment to rural households
