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Work technology underneath the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Scheme (MGNREGS) elevated 4.81% to three.1 billion person-days in 2023-24 from 2.96 billion within the earlier monetary 12 months, although particular person demand for work remained almost the identical at 332.7 million, as in opposition to 331.5 million in 2022-23, confirmed the rural improvement ministry knowledge. The variety of households that bought work underneath the flagship rural jobs scheme elevated 5.76% to 230.4 million in 2023-24 from 217.9 million in FY23.
Family demand for work underneath the scheme went up 2.7% to 265.6 million in 2023-24 from 258.5 million in 2022-23.
Particular person-days of labor generated fell 32% in March to 152.3 million from 224.1 million in February, whereas the variety of households that bought work underneath the scheme fell 23.4% month-on-month to 13.4 million, as in comparison with 17.5 million in February.
Month-on-month demand for work by people in addition to households fell in March in comparison with that in February.
