Centre has promised to enhance MGNREGA mandays to 150, says Minister Eshwarappa
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Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa and others paying tribute to Swami Vivekananda during the Janasevak Samavesha at Ambagilu in Udupi on Tuesday.
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa said on Tuesday that the Union government has promised to sanction 50 additional mandays for the State to implement Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme.
Speaking to presspersons in Udupi, the Minister said that the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Narendra Singh Tomar at a recent meeting promised to increase mandays from 100 to 150 and sanction an extra ₹ 800 crore for this purpose.
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Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa has said yoga would be taught to students in schools and pre-university colleges, reopening in January 2021.
Speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with officers in Shivamogga on Thursday, Mr. Eshwarappa, who is also Minister in charge of the district, said yoga would help students develop physical strength to combat infections such as COVID-19.
The physical education instructors and teachers, who have got special yoga training, would conduct classes regularly for students. The administration would take the help of volunteers, who would teach yoga to students, without expecting honorarium, in schools where they were no trained teachers.