Summary
Workers help build things like water wells, roads, and safe places for farms.
Women are joining a lot, making the work even better.
All the work is tracked on computers to keep everything fair.
Key Points
5 points1
Guarantees 125 days of paid work for each village family.
2
Focuses on water, roads, farms, and protecting villages from bad weather.
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Uses computers and phones to plan and check the work.
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More than 10 million people have started working since July.
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Women make up about 62% of the workers.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsguarantee
a promise that something will happen
infrastructure
big things like roads and water pipes that help a community
participatory
when everyone helps decide together
digital
using computers or electronic devices
biometric
using parts of the body like fingerprints to check who you are
transparent
easy to see and understand
asset
something useful that belongs to a place
convergence
different groups working together
geotagging
adding location information to a picture or record
direct benefit transfer
sending money straight to a person's bank account
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