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<em>AGARTALA: </em>Tripura has ranked first in implementing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2012-13 by providing 86.27 days of work on an average to a rural household, a state minister claimed here today.
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&quot;When the national average is 39, the state could provide 86.27 days of work to the job card holders. Tripura secured first position in implementation of the Act,&quot; State Rural Development Minister Jitendra Chowdhurytold reporters.<br />
MGNREGA authorises 100 days of employment to a member of one family in a year in rural areas.
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Tripura is followed by Mizoram (69.25 mandays per household) and Tamil Nadu (51.26 days of work per job card holders).
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Chowdhury said women in the state got more jobs than their male counterparts under the scheme.
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