MGNREGA
- October 30, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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MGNREGA
Subject – Governance
Context – No money left in MGNREGA coffers; 21 States in the red
Concept –
- The Centre’s flagship rural employment scheme has run out of funds halfway through the financial year, and supplementary budgetary allocations will not come to the rescue for at least another month when the next Parliamentary session begins
- The MGNREGA is a demand-driven scheme, guaranteeing 100 days of unskilled work to any rural household that wants it. During last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, the scheme was ultimately given its highest budget of ₹1.11 lakh crore.
- This provided a critical lifeline to a record 11 crore workers. But the scheme’s 2021-22 budget was set at just ₹73,000 crore.
To know about MGNREGA, please refer to August 2021 DPN.