What is the BJP’s vision to help rescue Bihar’s youth from hopelessness and unemployment, Ramesh asked.In a state that faces such high levels of youth unemployment and rural distress, the MGNREGA is a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of families, he noted.”Yet, this crucial scheme falters whenever the BJP is in power in Bihar. The approved labour budget for 2023-24 was 225 million person days, 25 million person days less than the year before, and the average days of employment provided per household fell from 47.16 to 43.85. Across Bihar, only 0.4% of the 5.35 million families who demanded work were able to avail of the 100 days of employment guaranteed by the scheme,” he said.Last December, almost 800 people in Bihar’s Vaishali district, mostly women, participated in a strike to protest alleged fraud within the scheme in Bihar, Ramesh said.
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