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The Centre has approved an summation successful the fig of person-days provided nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to 150 for Jammu and Kashmir, a determination welcomed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare had recommended extending the payment of further employment of 50 days implicit and supra the 100 days per household nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) successful the flood, unreality burst, and landslide-affected areas of the Union territory for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
In presumption of the likelihood of accrued request for employment connected nationalist works owed to earthy calamities, it has been decided to supply up to 50 days of further employment implicit and supra the 100 days per household successful the affected agrarian areas of Jammu and Kashmir for FY 2025-26, an authoritative merchandise said.
Mr. Sinha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan for expanding the MGNREGA enactment limit.
“I'm grateful to PM Narendra Modi and Union Minister of Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan for expanding fig of person-days provided nether MGNREGA to 150 days for J&K to heighten livelihood information successful agrarian areas affected by earthy calamity,” the Lieutenant Governor said successful a station connected X precocious connected Friday (November 21, 2025).
He said 1,962 panchayats successful Jammu and Kashmir were declared “flood-affected”, causing adverse interaction connected the livelihoods of the radical surviving there.
“Special alleviation was sought from the authorities of India, and today's determination volition guarantee unchangeable income to susceptible agrarian households, relieve the families from economical distress and make durable assets," Mr. Sinha said.
