Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, provides unskilled manual work for 100 days to eligible rural households.
Facing criticism over rising unemployment and rural distress, the Union government plans to launch a new project under which a stipend of up to Rs 20,000 will be given to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) labourers who undergo training in skills such as masonry or carpentry.
The project, called Unnati, is aimed at training unskilled MGNREGA workers so that they can move from distress employment to full-time jobs, sources said.
The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is piloting the project, and the standing finance committee (SFC) headed by the MoRD secretary is expected to approve the proposed project on October 22, sources said.
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