The Union government has made a significant reduction in the labour budget allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Kerala compared to the previous year.
The State has been allocated 6.5 crore man-days of work this year, while the achievement of the previous year was 10.59 crore man-days of work.
The MGNREGS mission officials here said the reduction in the State's share was reflective of the overall cut in labour budget allocations due to the less-than-expected allocation for the scheme in the Union Budget this year.
