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<strong>Factors</strong> <strong>Facilitat<strong>in</strong>g</strong> Participati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Women</strong> <strong>in</strong> Mahatma Gandhi NREGS 75Table 5.20 : From Which Year You Have Been Work<strong>in</strong>g with MGNREGSStateAndhra Bihar Kerala West TotalPradeshBengal2006-07 47.0 5.0 13.72007-08 34.0 8.8 3.0 11.62008-09 4.0 21.3 66.0 13.0 26.32009-10 15.0 70.0 32.0 76.0 47.12010-11 2.0 3.0 1.3Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number <strong>of</strong> Days <strong>of</strong> Employment <strong>in</strong> MGNREGSThe number <strong>of</strong> days <strong>of</strong> employment <strong>in</strong> the works <strong>of</strong> MGNREGS is akey element <strong>in</strong> the study. The average days <strong>of</strong> employment has been workedout for resp<strong>on</strong>dents <strong>in</strong> the sample districts. It is highest for Mahaboobnagardistrict <strong>of</strong> Andhra Pradesh with 66 days followed by Thrissur district<strong>of</strong> Kerala with 50 days. The least is recorded <strong>in</strong> the South 24 Paraganasdistrict <strong>of</strong> West Bengal with 14 days and is 26 days <strong>in</strong> the Gaya district <strong>of</strong>Bihar. (These are the employment days reported for 2009-10). Details canbe seen from Fig. 16.When it was further enquired about the type <strong>of</strong> works <strong>in</strong> whichresp<strong>on</strong>dents have participated, it was known that <strong>in</strong> Mahaboobnagar district<strong>of</strong> Andhra Pradesh, the resp<strong>on</strong>dents have d<strong>on</strong>e works like jungle clearance,bund<strong>in</strong>g, land levell<strong>in</strong>g, widen<strong>in</strong>g and deepen<strong>in</strong>g feeder channel, de-silt<strong>in</strong>gpercolati<strong>on</strong> tanks, pits for horticulture plantati<strong>on</strong>, silt applicati<strong>on</strong> etc. InGaya district <strong>of</strong> Bihar resp<strong>on</strong>dents took up works like digg<strong>in</strong>g, ruralc<strong>on</strong>nectivity, plantati<strong>on</strong> and forest roads. In Thrissur district <strong>of</strong> Kerala, bushclearance, agriculture works under watershed, bund<strong>in</strong>g, rural c<strong>on</strong>nectivity,irrigati<strong>on</strong> works like desilt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> canals, p<strong>on</strong>ds, dra<strong>in</strong>age etc. and floodc<strong>on</strong>trol works were taken up. In South 24 Paraganas district <strong>of</strong> West Bengal,RS 97

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