Ground water recharge unit set up in the field in an agricultural field in Alankar village of Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada under MNREGA. Alankar Gram Panchayat has been adjudged as the best gram panchayat in implementation of MNREGA for the year 2023-24.
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Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has been adjudged as the best district in the State for implementing Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) for the year 2023-24
Similarly Kadaba Taluk Panchayat and Alankar Gram Panchayat have been adjudged as best taluk and gram panchayat respectively for implementation of MNREGA during the same period.
The awards will be presented during the MNREGA Habba event of Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj to be held at Ambekar Bhavan in Bengaluru on February 5.
Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer K. Anandh said the panchayats in the district stand out as they have good women participation in MNREGA works. “The panchayats have good work completion rate and a better file management system. All the works are geo-tagged. Social audit of all works are done and most suggestions made in the audit are implemented,” Dr. Anandh told The Hindu.
As per the data available on the MNREGA website of Union Ministry for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, the district provided 13.9 lakh man days and and 7.55 lakh women person days of work in 2023-24. The average days of employment given per household in the district in the period was 47.67.
A total of 1.67 lakh job cards have been issued and it covers a total of 3.51 lakh workers. There are as many as 1.23 active workers and 67,000 active job cards.
As many as 312 households have completed 100 days of employment and average wage per day per person stood at ₹315.65 in 2023-24. A total of 12,794 works were taken up and 10,414 works were completed in the period. The total expenditure for 2023-24 was at- ₹5,8.96 crore.
In Kadaba Taluk there were a total of 15,925 job cards of which 9,212 were active. It covered a total of 33,300 workers of which 18,200 were active. A total of 2.24 lakh man days and 1.25 lakh women person days of work was generated in 2023-24. The average days of employment provided per household in the period stood at 47.94, a total of 22 households completed 100 days of work. The average wage rate per person per day in 2023-24 was ₹315.58. As many as 1,813 works were taken up and 1,609 works were completed in the period in Kadaba taluk. A total of ₹9.32 crore was spent in 2023-24.
The Alankar Panchayat recorded 15,389 man days and 9,802 women person days of work in 2023-24. In the period total of 268 households and 480 individuals worked of which six households completed 100 days of work. The average days of employment per household was 57.42 and average wage per day per person stood at ₹315.77.
The gram panchayat took up a total of 136 works in 2023-24 of which 135 were completed. The total expenditure was at ₹61.6 lakh, the MNREGA website mentioned.
Published – February 02, 2025 11:00 pm IST