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Finance minister allocates Rs.38,500 crore for MNREGA
- Mon, Feb 29 2016 11:59:00 AM
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday allocated Rs.38,500 crore for schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
He announced this while presenting the 2016-17 annual budget in the Lok Sabha.
In the 2015-16 budget, the allocation for MGNREGA was Rs.34,699 crore.