Jaipur, May 15: Rajasthan government today announced its decision to raise the ceiling on labourers to be provided employment for famine relief work from 22 lakhs to 35 lakhs from tomorrow. "A decision to raise the number of labourers on relief works was taken at a high level meeting chaired by chief minister Ashok Gehlot here yesterday," an official release said today.
The ceiling of 35 lakh labourers on relief works is the largest ever as the desert state is facing severe drought conditions for the fourth consecutive year, the release said.
The government has already announced providing employment on relief works to the labourers in a block of 15 days in a month from tomorrow. Earlier, each labourer used to get employment for 10 days in a month.
The state government also sanctioned Rs 425.22 crores for relief works for the next two months. Of this Rs 268 crores have been earmarked for labour and material on relief works, Rs 104 crores for cattle conservation, Rs 30 crores for supplimentary diet, Rs 15 crores for transportation of drinking water, Rs five crores for gratuitous relief and Rs two crore for medicines, the release added. Bureau Report