The Report - North 24 Parganas

Mamata has received a job card for 100 days. But she has never tried for suchemployment because she feels that she would not be able to handle the stressor the pressure related to the job. “But I have been part of the developmentcommittee. I have noticed the kind of work that is being done through thisprogram. Once they had given me about Rs. 500 and that was the last paymentI had received from the committee.” Thereafter, Mamata has occasionallyreceived some offers for employment which she could not attend to because ofher health situation. “I think the employment offers are good. But if the paymentsare held for a long period of time, then it is hard for poor people to continuebearing the cost of living for long. Such employment should therefore beavailable round the year.”