Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA) is an Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
has reached nearly 97 per cent and out of 6,44,131 villages, around 6,22,840 villages have mobile coverage and out of these, 6,14,564 villages are covered with 4G mobile connectivity, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.
In a significant outreach effort, a mega campaign targeting Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) will run from August 23 to September 10.
The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister decided that the Abhiyan will have a Central share of Rs 15,336 crore and a State share of Rs 8,768 crore and focus on 11 critical interventions through nine Central Ministries.
