The budget allocation for the Ministry of Rural Development, which runs several social welfare schemes, has been increased by 4.6 per cent to Rs 1.18-lakh crore for the next financial year as compared to Rs 1.12-lakh crore in the current fiscal.
The ministry is the nodal department for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMAY-G), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), as well some other centrally-sponsored schemes.
Rural job scheme MGNREGA has been allocated Rs 60,000 crore for 2019-20, which is 11-per cent higher than Rs 55,000 crore provided in 2018-19. The rise is much higher for NRLM at Rs 9,024 crore from Rs 5,750 crore in the current fiscal.
In PMAY-G, however, the allocation is less at Rs 19,000 crore for the next financial year from Rs 21,000 crore in 2018-19, according to the budget document.
Allocation for the PMGSY stands at Rs 19,000 crore for ...
