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In a Budget that comes before the general elections, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has allocated Rs 60,000 crore for a key scheme aimed at the rural poor, NREGS. He allocated Rs 60,000 core to the scheme in 2019-20. For fiscal year 2018-19, NREGS was allocated Rs 55,000 crore.
The scheme under MGNREGA or the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, promises unskilled manual work to every adult for at least 100 days in rural parts of the country. It was introduceIt was introduced in 2005. The scheme is called Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
According to government data, total availability of funds under NREGS has been Rs 58,403.69 crore (2018-19), Rs 68,107.86 crore (2017-18), Rs 57,386.67 crore (2016-17), Rs 43,380.72 crore (2015-16) and Rs 37,588.03 crore (2014-15). Total expenditure has been Rs 51,510.82 crore (2018-19), Rs 63,646.41 crore (2017-18), Rs 58,062.92 crore (2016-17), Rs 44,002.59 crore (201 .. Rs 44,002.59 crore (2015-16) and Rs 36,025.04 crore (2014-15).
