Rural jobs scheme work generation down 50% in July

The fall in the number last month was largely on the back of a pickup in agricultural activities, as labour demand has shot up for kharif cultivation. A surge in demand for workers for public works in rural areas and return of most of the labourers to industrial towns, with a near end to the reverse migration seen during the peak of the pandemic, also led to fewer people seeking work under the scheme.

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