Currently, there are 135 thousand people in public work schemes, and 57 thousand of them are employed within the Start model programme, Minister of State for Employment at the Ministry for National Economy said in Monostorpályi on Friday.

The Minister of State, who was paying a visit to the local agriculture Start model programme, called it crucial that public work schemes should create value. He also praised the model programme of Monostorpályi which employs 160 people and stressed that machinery and equipment had recently been purchased within the framework of an agricultural project.

Fidesz MP István Vitányi said that 1293 people are employed within the public work scheme at 25 settlements belonging to the Berettyóújfalu region.

(Ministry for National Economy)