Budget 2024: MGNREGS unlikely to see higher allocation; lakhpati didi scheme may add 1.1 million women

Budget 2024: MGNREGS unlikely to see higher allocation; lakhpati didi scheme may add 1.1 million women

The national rural job guarantee scheme that keeps millions of Indians out of penury is unlikely to see a higher allocation in this year’s Union budget, two officials said. Allocations to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) are likely to be similar to estimates in the interim budget, one of the two … Read more