National rural employment guarantee act in Kerala
April 24th, 2007
According to this report, Kerala provided employment to 78,000 households in 2006-07 under the NREGA act.
Up to February,07, 83 thousand households demanded employment and out of them 78 thousand households were provided employment in the State. The average number of households provided employment in a district of the State is 38,871 while the national average is 91,685 households. Besides, 40 households have completed the 100 days guarantee of employment provided in the Act.
What is interesting is that the act mandates 1/3 of the employment provided should be to women. In Kerala, over 60% of the person days were given to women.
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