Work demand under rural jobs scheme rises in H1

About 93% of the FY24 budgetary allocation of ₹60,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has been released, a person familiar with the details told ET. This has prompted the rural development ministry to seek “substantial” supplementary demands for funds to run the scheme throughout this fiscal year, he said.

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