The Union Government has allowed Tamil Nadu Government to increase the number of workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme in Tamil Nadu from existing 100 to 150 days.
The rise in workdays aims at helping rural labourers, who are staring at job loss due to severe drought in the state.
Due to enhancement of the work days, 3 crore more man-days are to be generated.
Works like maintenance of other rural assets and de-silting of waterbodies in rural areas will be undertaken under the scheme.
In Tamil Nadu, MGNREGA scheme is being implemented in 12,524 villages.
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