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    MGNREGS outlay left unchanged at Rs 86,000 crore

    This is the second time, the Centre has left the allocation for the rural job plan unchanged. For the current fiscal, too, the outlay for the scheme was the same as in 2023-24 at Rs 86,000 crore

    Adrija Chatterjee
    February 01, 2025 / 14:39 IST
    The rural job plan is a demand driven scheme aimed at generating employment.

    The rural job plan is a demand driven scheme aimed at generating employment.

    The government has allocated Rs 86,000 crore for the flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) for 2025-26, same as the the current fiscal.

    This is the second time, the Centre has left the allocation for the rural job plan unchanged. For the current fiscal, too, the outlay for the scheme was left unchanged from Rs 86,000 crore in 2023-24.

    MGNREGS provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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    The programme, which got Parliament's nod  in August 2005, was implemented in February 2006 in the country’s poorest districts. In 2008, it was extended across the country.

    The government has been taking steps to plug leaks in the job scheme, ranging from mandatory digital attendance of workers through the National Mobile Monitoring System, to ensuring wages are paid through Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.

    Adrija Chatterjee is an Assistant Editor at Moneycontrol. She has been tracking and reporting on finance and trade ministries for over eight years.
    first published: Feb 1, 2025 02:39 pm

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