 "MNREGA")
The lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has spelt doom for jobs generated through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
The jobs generated under the scheme fell to a nearly 7-year low for which the data is available. Only 30.78 million jobs were provided till April 29 in 2020-21 against a whopping 273.96 million in the corresponding period of the last financial year. In other words, 88.75 per cent less jobs were provided in the first month of 2019-20 year-on-year.
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