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Monetary allocation of Rs 60,000 crore was made for the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Assure Scheme (MGNREGS) for the monetary yr 2023-24 at funds estimate stage.
“Additional, an quantity of Rs 10,000 crore has been offered by the Ministry of Finance as an advance from Contingency Fund of India. The (rural growth) ministry seeks extra funds from the Ministry of Finance as and when required for assembly the demand for work on the bottom,” the minister stated in her reply.
Union Rural Improvement Minister Giriraj Singh, in an interview to PTI earlier, had stated an extra allocation of Rs 28,000 crore has been sanctioned for MGNREGS, which might be cleared within the ongoing Winter session of Parliament.
In keeping with a written reply by the minister to a different query, pending legal responsibility for MGNREGS wages to states is round Rs 2020.59 crore, and the legal responsibility for materials elements is Rs 4,939.58 crore.
The MGNREGS is a flagship scheme aimed toward enhancing livelihood safety of households in rural areas of the nation by offering no less than 100 days of assured wage employment in a monetary yr to each family whose grownup members volunteer to do unskilled guide work.
