Against an EMPLOYMENT target of 13.50 crore person-days approved by the Central government this year, 6.65 crore person-days of employment has been met in April, May as well as June. This is 49.27 percent of the target for the whole year.
In 21 districts, employment has exceeded the target for April to June.
Against a target of 6.21 crores person-days fixed for the first quarter, employment of six 6.65 crores has been created in the entire state. This is about 107 percent of the target.Chhattisgarh ranks sixth in the country in terms of completion of work against the target approved under MNREGA.
Despite the adverse circumstances due to Covid-19 crisis, people in rural areas have been provided continuous employment in the state.
In the first trimester of the current financial year, around 39,34,242 labourers have got employment and 50 percent of them are Women.
In the first quarter of 2021-22, maximum employment of 71.01 lakh person-days has been provided in Rajnandgaon district.