How EGS started
The Employment Guarantee Scheme (egs) is supported by the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act (mega), 1977 that provides a legal guarantee (and not mere assurance) for work to its rural population all throughout the year. As per the act, any person above 18 years of age in rural Maharashtra (and class C municipal areas) and ready to do unskilled manual labour on piece-rate basis can demand work. The state government is duty bound to provide work within 15 days of the demand, else pay an unemployment allowance worth Rs 10 per person per day (earlier Rs 2). All egs works have to strictly follow a 60:40 ratio
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