533 DFK Family Members receives MGNREGS Job Cards Through Adalats

533 DFK Family Members receives MGNREGS Job Cards Through Adalats. As part of the Annual Action Plan for 2018-19, Social Development team of Kudumbashree Ernakulam District Mission has conducted job card Adalats in 94 Local Self Government Institutions (LSGIs) in the district to identify the destitute people who can be provided jobs through MGNREGS scheme by providing them job cards. The card less destitute people who have turned up for adalats were encouraged to submit applications for the job card in the respective Local Self Government Institutions and the Community Development Societies (CDS) have provided the necessary help to these people for obtaining their job cards.

   So far 533 people in various  Local Self Government Institutions have obtained job cards with the help of the CDSs. Most of these people are going for jobs and earning some money for their livelihood. 302 more applications have been submitted in various  Local Self Government Institutions for obtaining job cards.

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, MGNREGA), is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'. It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.