The Nadu urban EMPLOYMENT schemewould generate employment for the urbanpoorin 15 municipal corporations, including Chennai, seven municipalities and 37 town panchayats in the state, said municipal administrationministerK N Nehru.
The Rs 100crore Tamil Nadu urban employment scheme was one of the recommendations of a high-level committee headed by former RBI governor Dr C Rangarajan formed by the State Government to assess the economic impact of Covid-19 in the state. The scheme works on the line of MGNREGA in rural parts.
The state government under the urban employment scheme will provide a uniform wage of Rs 363 per day to unemployed men and Women workers hailing from urban poor families.