Kerala generated 9.65 crore person days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in 2022-23, achieving 100.76% of the allocated labour budget for the financial year. Out of this, as much as 89.82% of work, amounting to 8.67 crore person days, was allocated to women, while the national average was 57.4%. The average work days generated in the State stood at 62.26% against a national average of 47.84%.
Work was allocated for all of the 16.3 lakh families who demanded it. A total of 100 days of work was provided to 4.5 lakh families. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh on Tuesday hinted at expanding the MGNREGS to new sectors, including waste management.
Addressing an one-day workshop of grama panchayat presidents to make the MGNREGS more effective and worker-friendly, he said the potential of MGNREGS needs to be utilised effectively to achieve the aim of making Kerala waste-free. The first phase of the workshop was organised in Thiruvananthapuram with the panchayat presidents of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts.
