Women's participation in MNREGA works in Chhattisgarh is more than 50 percent this year, the maximum in the last four years.
In the first four months of current fiscal 2020-21, nearly 24.28 lakh women got employment under the scheme.
Employment of a total of 9.17 crore human days was generated, out of which women got the employment of 4.65 crore human days, an official statement said on Monday.
This year's participation of women in MNREGA works is 50.75 percent so far. And in the remaining eight months of this fiscal, the percentage is likely to improve further, the statement said.
This year, a total of 48.14 lakh labourers have been provided employment under MNREGA works. This includes 24.28 lakh women. "Participation of women in MNREGA works is continually increasing," the statement said.
In 2016-17, the percentage of women participation was 49.31 percent, in 2017-18 too it was 49.31, in 2018-19 it was 50.05 and in 2019-20 it was 50.70 percent.
Durg district ranks first in terms of providing maximum employment to women, the statement said. Durg's share was 64 percent, followed by Balod (62), Rajnandgaon (59), Raipur (54), Bastar (52) while in Bilaspur, Dhamtari, Kondagaon and Narayanpur it is 51 percent each.
As per MNREGA provisions, at least a third of the employment generated under the scheme must be provided to women. Provisions have also been made to increase the participation of disabled and destitute women, the statement said.