Govt: Rural income affected due to calamities

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May 05 2016 04:09 PM
Harshita

Govt: Rural income affected due to calamities

Thurday, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said, rural employment and income are adversely affected by natural calamities like droughts and floods.

The minister said in the Lok Sabha during the question hour "Rural employment and rural income are sometimes adversely affected by natural calamities, especially droughts and floods,"

He said, “Under the MGNREGA, provision for an additional 50 days of unskilled manual work has been made over and above 100 days per household in notified drought affected or natural calamity affected areas”.

"The department through its various programmes aims to bring about overall improvement in the quality of life of the people, including youths in rural areas, through employment generation, skilling and strengthening of livelihoods opportunities. The programmes have largely been successful in generating employment in the rural areas," Singh added.

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