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Women Participation in NREGS
September 4 , 2020
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- As per the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) portal, that the Participation of women in the NREGS is the lowest since 2013-14.
- It has dipped to 52.46%.
- According to the data, there are 13.34 crore active beneficiaries under NREGS.
- Of this, 6.58 crores are women.
- The national average of women’s share had dipped by 2.24%.
- Among the states, Andhra Pradesh saw the highest fall of 3.58%.
- The participation of women in the scheme in the state of AP was 60.5% in 2019.
- It has now declined to 56.47%.
- This was followed by West Bengal, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh.
- Kerala had the highest share of women person days with 91.38%.
- It followed by Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.
- The state of Jammu and Kashmir had the lowest participation of women.
- It stood at 30.72%.
- It was followed by UP, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.
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