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Union Budget 2016: MGNREGA allocation hiked by Rs 3,800 crore
Posted by: 2016-03-03 06:31:48 ,By Raj Kumar
The NDA government, which had earlier raised doubts over the efficacy of MGNREGA, today increased its allocation by over Rs 3,800 crore in 2016-17, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley laying down the road map for rural development in the Union Budget.
?Rs 38,500 crore have been allocated for MGNREGA in 2016-17. If the total amount is spent, it will be highest budget spend on MGNREGA,? Jaitely said in his Budget speech in Lok Sabha.In the last fiscal, the government had made a budgetary provision of Rs 34,699 crore for MGNREGA and promised to provide another Rs 5,000 crore based on the actual utilisation of funds by the states and Union Territories. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/budget/union-budget-2016-mgnrega-allocation-hiked-by-rs-3800-crore/#sthash.WNKOxVYA.dpuf
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/budget/union-budget-2016-mgnrega-allocation-hiked-by-rs-3800-crore/#sthash.WNKOxVYA.dpuf
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