Chhattisgarh has achieved 11.25 crore man days of job in current fiscal year under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) thus achieving 86.57% of the target.
This year the target is 13 crore man days. The national average is 82.46%.
The four districts in state, mainly Bijapur, Sukma, Balod and Jashpur districts have generated more man days and providing job to more people than the target. This year around 2.56 lakh families have been provided 100 days of employment while in present work across the state around 11.20 lakh workers are presently working. State is placed in ninth position in the country for creating employment against target.
Under current year a total of 23 lakh families have been provided employment and around Rs 2,658 crore have been spent on different works, against which Rs 1,971 crore has been given as wages to workers. In Rajnandgaon district 1.08 lakh, Janjgir-Champa 75,967 workers, Mahasamund 63,061 workers, Bilaspur 61,738 workers and Kabirdham 60,000 workers are presently working.
Rajnandgaon district is in top for ensuring 100 days employment to job card holders where 24,216 families have been given the job. It is followed by Bilaspur, Surajpur, Kabirdham, Gariaband, Kanker and Jashpur.
