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STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The completion rate of works under the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act), 2005 in Assam for the financial year 2020-21 is extremely poor.
According to government statistics – out of a total of 1,63,231 works under MGNREGA, only 16,544 works were completed during the year. With a mammoth number of 1,46,687 works still to be completed across the State, the MGNREGA work completion rate in that fiscal was only 10.14 per cent.
The statistics revealed that Kamrup Metro had the worst work completion rate with a mere 1.3 per cent. As many as 461 works were started in the district; however, only six were completed.