In the Union Budget presented on February 1, 2017, for the financial year 2017-18, the allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme was increased to Rs. 48,000 crore. This was the highest-ever allocation for the scheme at that time.
In the Budget for 2017-18, the funds allocated for MGNREGA is :
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2016 · Topic: Fiscal Policy & Revenue (Public Expenditure: Classification, trends, and impact on development)
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