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The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), enacted on 25 August 2005 and renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on 2 October 2009, includes activities under nine different heads to provide employment to village communities and improve their livelihoods. During 2016-2017 against the total available fund of Rs.466475.61 crore, Rs.41894.04 crore was utilized. The average Fund utilization per district was Rs.88.12 crore. In Tamil Nadu considerable achievements have been made in the financial inclusion of NREGA workers. Total number of households registered under NREGA in Tamil Nadu is 132394; the total numbers of Job Cards issued are 79.02. The total available funds constitutes of 4529.43 lakhs, Cuddalore is top on list it accounts 9.5 percent, followed by Thanjavur 8.7 percent. In 2016-17 the allocation was 2314.76 crores and the target was 1155.34 of the number persons days generated but the achievement was not satisfactory because it is just around 699.57.

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