{"id":153736,"date":"2024-10-14T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-month\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:55:10","slug":"demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/14\/demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand under rural job scheme drops for 11th straight month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-42031747\/et-logo.jpg?resize=300,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Demand under rural job scheme drops for 11th straight month\" title=\"Demand under rural job scheme drops for 11th straight month\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"21\">Work demand under the government&#8217;s flagship <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rural-employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rural employment<\/a> scheme fell for the 11th consecutive month in September from a year before, a decline that experts attributed to the impact of strong economic activities that open up more remunerative job opportunities and to a favourable base effect. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:1-->About 18.93 million people sought work in September under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (<a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mgnregs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MGNREGS<\/a>), down 14.2% year-on-year, showed preliminary data compiled by the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rural-development-ministry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rural development ministry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div data-align=\"\" data-msid=\"114226089\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"midImg clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"imgBg\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The individuals demanding work came from 16.02 million households, down 13.5% from a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of this financial year, 162.54 million people from 160.18 million households demanded work under the NREGS, down 15.6% and 13.5%, respectively, from a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><\/p>\n<div class=\"orn_free_r pos_a font_mon custom_ad\">\n<div data-grx-impression=\"Article Recommendations - Edit RHS#articleshow_inline_impression#news\/india\/demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-month | \" class=\"arwd_ld_chk orn_r_lhs hide\">\n<div class=\"orn_r_wrp\">\n<p><span>RECOMMENDED<\/span><span>STORIES FOR YOU<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/article_recommendations_wd.cms?msid=114226035&wd_type=outer&art_seo=news\/india\/demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-monthpotime:2--><br \/>On a month-on-month basis, work demand from individuals and households declined marginally in September, as 18.98 million people representing 16.06 households had sought work in August. Plentiful monsoon showers in August also aided the migration of unskilled workers to agriculture during the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kharif-crop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kharif crop<\/a> sowing season, reducing demand for unskilled jobs under the NREGS, experts said.<br \/>Erratic rains had kept up demand for NREGS work in the monsoon months of July to September 2023. But the situation has improved since November 2023, when the demand started to moderate. <\/p>\n<p>Amid plentiful <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/monsoon-rainfall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">monsoon rainfall<\/a> this year, particularly since July, many non-skilled workers have shifted to farming, reducing NREGS work requirement, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/unemployment-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unemployment rate<\/a> fell to 7.8% in September from 8.5% in the previous month, according to the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/centre-for-monitoring-indian-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy<\/a> data. However, the labour participation rate and the employment rate declined, too, the data showed.<\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/demand-under-rural-job-scheme-drops-for-11th-straight-month\/articleshow\/114226035.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work demand under the government&#8217;s flagship rural employment scheme fell for the 11th consecutive month in September from a year before, a decline that experts attributed to the impact of strong economic activities that open up more remunerative job opportunities and to a favourable base effect. 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