The said that 18.44 lakh persons were given work in 2021-22, and 14.34 lakh in 2022-23 (till December 31, 2022).
In reply to the question byVadgam Congress MLAJignesh Mevani, the government said that from April 2021 to December 2022, the central government gave grants totalling Rs 3,052.43 crore for MNREGA. Of these, the Centre released Rs 1,625 crore in the financial year 2021-22.
The government also stated that the state government added Rs 129.16 crore for MNREGA in 2021-22 and Rs 184.80 crore in 2022-23 (till December 31, 2022). The government thus added Rs 313.96 crore to MNREGA in two years.
MNREGA is implemented in all 33 districts of the state, and the state is divided into 248 blocks for the purpose of providing EMPLOYMENT under it. The MNREGA website states that the government has been paying workers an Average of Rs 215.99 per day in 2022-23 and Rs 205.66 in 2021-22.