<span style="color: #222222;">Ahead of Eid ul Fitr, the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has disbursed Rs 170 crore into the accounts of beneficiaries under MGNREGA.<br />''<br />'' The department has disbursed around Rs 183 crore to benefit the poor which have been otherwise rendered jobless due to the prevailing lockdown. <br />''<br />''Since April 20, 2020, the Department has taken up more than 14000 development projects under MGNREGA which include 1670 water conservation and irrigation works, 4000 rural infrastructure works and 8300 PMAYG houses generating as many as Rs 5.28 lakh person-days in J&amp;K.</span><br />
News On AIR | May 21, 2020 9:00 PM
Govt releases Rs 170 crore as MGNREGA wages ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr