MGNREGA gets a higher outlay of Rs 86,000 crore in Budget 2024-25

Betting big on Bharat, the first full Budget of the third Narendra Modi government raised the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme for 2024-25 to match the revised estimate of RTs 86,000 crore for FY24.

Initiated by the erstwhile Congress-led UPA government, MGNREGA has continued to be a significant part of India’s social security system. The scheme was allocated Rs 60,000 crore for FY24 and the revised estimate came in at Rs 86,000 crore.

The scheme provides a legal guarantee for at least 100 days of wage employment to every rural household whose members do unskilled manual work.