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Villupuram Member of Parliament D. Ravikumar has urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to summation the antheral days nether Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to Villupuram district.
In a missive addressed to Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department, Mr. Ravikumar said that according to the 2011 census, the territory recorded the highest fig of cultivation labourers astatine 8.3 lakh.
A important proportionality of women — 54.9% — beryllium connected agriculture, and studies person shown that astir households past connected regular wages, often earning little than ₹3,000 per period with less than 90 days of yearly employment.
Last year, Villupuram territory was allotted 1.79 crore antheral days nether MGNREGS. This year, however, the allocation has been drastically reduced to 81 lakh, which volition severely impact mediocre families and the agrarian economy, helium said.
He requested the authorities to summation the antheral days to astatine slightest 1.5 crore and that 100 days assured employment beryllium extended to MBC, SC and ST households beneath the poorness line.
