LOK SABHA
According to the survey conducted by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) during 1993-1994 and 2004-05, the percentage of labourers engaged in agriculture has decreased from 64.75% to 58.49% of the total workforce in the unorganized sector. The decrease is due to migration to urban areas.
The Government has enacted National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which provides for 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The scheme which was being implemented in 330 districts has since been extended to 604 districts in the country from April 2008.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Oscar Fernandes (Independent Charge) in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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