MGNREGA has generated 2 crore 75 lakh 13 thousand mandays across the state so far. For this,
829 crore rupees has been spent from the Department of Rural Development. Special Secretary
of the Department of Rural Development Sandeep R Rathod informed this in a press conference organized at the press conference hall yesterday. He informed that 72.721 percent of work in this programme is related to agriculture and farming. He informed that 2 thousand 264 crore rupees have been spent in the financial year 2021-22 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Rural. Through this scheme, construction of toilets, electricity connection, LPG connection, water tap connection etc. are provided to several houses in the rural areas of the state. So far 1 lakh 87 thousand houses have been provided this facility. The Special Secretary informed that, “Mission Amrit Sarovar” scheme has so far taken up the work of digging 973 water bodies across the state. Of these, 964 are in progress. 337 have been completed.
The Special Secretary informed that 3 lakh 60 thousand 539 rural women of the state have been linked with 40 thousand 352 SHGs under Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission from 2018 to 2022 to improve the socio-economic status of women in the state. So far a total of Rs 601.59 crore rupees bank loans have been disbursed to women associated with Self-Help Groups. The Special Secretary also informed that different awards were given by the state government for the success of Tripura Rural Livelihood Mission. These awards include National Award for Outstanding Financial Performance in 2018-19, National Award for Capacity Building Programme in 2019- 20, Programme Implementation Award for North Eastern States and Hill States in 2019 etc. Nodal Officer of the department Sumit Majumdar and Under Secretary Sudipta Biswas were also present at the press conference.
