Despite Covid, women still hold 52% of NREGS work

Out of a total 204.7 crore persondays of work generated under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) since April this year women account for 52.5% (107.4 crore) persondays. In terms of absolute numbers over 4.3 crore women have been provided employment since April.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/2RHOFpt