(a) the details of durable assets generated and infrastructure developed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the life standard of workers has improved as a result of MGNREGS; and
(c) if so, the details thereof including Jharkhand, State/UT-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)
(a): State/UT-wise details of the assets created under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) during the last three years and the current year is given in Annexure.
(b)&(c): In all States/UTs including Jharkhand, MGNREGA has (i) reduced distress migration among rural poor, (ii) smoothened rural consumption in the lean season (iii) set high standards in transparency, (iv) addressed under-employment problem (v) created assets that improved livelihoods (vi) gave boost to the financial inclusion (vii) strengthened Gram Panchayats (viii) improved the wage levels in rural areas and thereby increasing the income levels of the poorest of poor (ix) set standards for decent working conditions and (x) helped in bringing fallow lands into cultivation.
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