No Shortage Of Funds Under Wage Guarantee Scheme MGNREGA: Union Minister
NDTV
A group of activists had recently flagged an "acute shortage" of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) despite a pandemic-induced surge in demand for work.
Dismissing reports about fund crunch under the rural employment guarantee programme MGNREGA, Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said there is no shortage of funds and will not be any in future, and asserted the Narendra Modi government is committed to its effective implementation.
A group of activists had recently flagged an "acute shortage" of funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) despite a pandemic-induced surge in demand for work, and said almost 90 per cent of the allocated budget has been used up with five months remaining of the financial year.
Responding to a question about it, Mr Singh told reporters that the allocation of funds for the scheme during the Modi government has been continuously rising and adding that whenever additional fund is required, the Ministry of Finance is requested to provide it.
In the previous financial year, the Centre had revised the allocation to Rs 1.11 lakh crore from an initial allocation of Rs 61,500 crore.
