Even after including new development works in the second phase of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment guarantee scheme, success eluded Bastar district in providing jobs to all needy people even as providing 100 days employment to all job card holders it remained on third position in the division.
Notably, even the new Kondagaon district came into existence just one and half years back is ahead of Bastar district with Kanker district bagging the first spot. According to information received from Panchayat and Rural Development department, 1375 families were given 100 days employment in Kanker district, whereas Kondagaon provided 100 days employment to 425 families, Bastar district provided 100 days job to 343 families, Sukma to 300 families, Narayanpur district to 252 families. Bijapur remained at the last position with providing 100 day job to just three families, and Dantewada was at penultimate position with providing 100 days job to 67 families.
In Bastar district, number of families registered under MGNREGA is 1 lakh, 29 thousand and 297 out of which 1 lakh 28 thousand and 671 families have been issued job cards. This year 35064 families demanded work out of which jobs were provided to 31,255 families despite the fact that 22 new works have been included in MGNREGA list. One thousand seven works are in progress in the district under the scheme. This year `13 crore 70 lakh on wages and `1 crore, 58 lakh on materials have been spent so far.