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24/03/22 07:42 AM IST

Project UNNATI under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA

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  • Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Shri Giriraj Singh will be  Felicitating  75 trained candidates of Project UNNATI under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA .
About UNNATI
  • Project 'UNNATI', as a skilling project intends to upgrade the skill base of the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries, and thereby improving their livelihoods, so that they can move from the current partial employment to full-time employment and hence reduce their dependence on Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
  • This project is improving the livelihoods of the neediest Mahatma Gandhi NREGA beneficiaries by providing a skill, either for self-employment or wage employment. 
  • As of now, a total number of 18,166 candidates have been trained under Project UNNATI.
  • This project is meant for providing training for one adult member (of age 18-45 years old) of a household who has completed 100 days of work under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in the previous financial year from the year of commencement of the project.
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