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New Delhi, Sept 28 The Government on Friday decided to extend the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to the entire country at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

Announcing the decision at a conference, the Union Rural Development Minister, Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, said that in the first phase launched in February last year, 200 districts were covered, while 130 more were added this year, thus bringing the districts under NREGA to 330. “Now the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act will be extended to the entire country with effect from April 1, 2008, at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore,” he said.

Notified in 2005, the NREGA aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing 100 days of employment in a financial year.

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