The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 1,963 crore for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) for 2009-10 as compared with Rs 1,722 crore a year ago, an increase of 13 per cent, deputy chief minister MK Stalin told the Assembly.
The government is also making efforts to increase the number of workdays from 100 to 150 and has proposed to hike the minimum wages for beneficiaries to Rs 100 from Rs Rs 80, which was fixed in 2002.
To help redress grievances in the scheme, a new helpline would be introduced this year wherein complaints can be made with district collectors.
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