Lucknow ,Sep 13(UNI) Concerned with series of problems faced by migrant labourers specially for those having no work in-hand, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday urged the Centre and State governments to provide adequate opportunity to labourers who are working under the MGNREGA scheme.
MGNREGA provides a legal guarantee of 100 days of employment in every financial year to adult members of any rural household willing to perform unskilled jobs at the statutory minimum wage.
Taking to Twitter, the BSP chief urged the Centre and state government to provide adequate opportunities, stating that crores of labourers in the country are suffering. Her tweet in Hindi read as - "Statistics show again that crores of labourers in the country despite hardships are sticking to traditions of having their bread by hard work, especially migrant labourers in Bihar and UP are somehow feeding their families working under MNREGA. So, the Centre and State government should provide them with adequate opportunities."