The State government on Friday announced a festival allowance of ₹1,000 for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Ayyankali Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme (AUEGS) for Onam.
Scheme members who have completed 100 days of work will be eligible for the allowance, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said on Friday. The decision, Mr. Balagopal said, will benefit 4.6 lakh people. The State government has earmarked ₹46 crore for providing the allowance, he said.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Mr. Balagopal pegged the requirement for meeting the Onam month expenses at ₹19,000 crore. The other day, the government announced a bonus of ₹4,000 as bonus for government employees, and a festival allowance of ₹2,750 for employees who are not entitled to a bonus.
