EMPLOYMENT FOR PTGS
14/August/2014
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5188
ANSWERED ON:  14.08.2014
EMPLOYMENT FOR PTGS
SHASHI THAROOR
 
Will the Minister of



RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-




(a) whether the Government has provided employment to particularly Vulnerable TribalGroup persons under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS); and 

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?


ANSWER


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA) 

(a)& (b) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a demand driven wage employment programme where employment is provided to all rural households. The performance with respect to provision of work to ST households including Vulnerable Tribal Groups (VTGs) is at Annexure.


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