Farm labourers banking on MGNREGS wages

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

With the monsoon playing truant, the countryside of Tiruvannamalai district has little job to offer for its farm labourers. Slump in the provision of work under MGNREGS, coupled with the onslaught of drought-like situation, has affected their livelihood. They were all looking at the possibility of getting the outstanding payment for the work they did under MGNREGS months ago.