Rs 61,500 Crore Allocated To MGNREGA Funds In Budget 2020
MGNREGA finances were down by means of greater than 13 in keeping with cent from the overall estimated expenditure for 2019-20
New Delhi:
Allocations within the Union Budget for more than a few flagship schemes underneath the Division of Rural Construction was once marginally lowered to Rs 1.20 lakh crore for the 12 months 2020-21 from Rs 1.22 lakh crore in 2019-20, whilst the finances allocated for employment ensure scheme MGNREGA got here down by means of Rs nine,500 crore throughout the similar length.
As in keeping with the Union Budget file tabled by means of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, Rs 61,500 crore has been allotted for the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Scheme (MGNREGS) for the 12 months 2020-21, down by means of greater than 13 in keeping with cent from the overall estimated expenditure for 2019-20 which was once at Rs 71,001.81 crore.
Assets within the Rural Construction Ministry mentioned the real expenditure incurred in 2020-21 shall be upper than the allotted finances and it’ll a minimum of be at par with this 12 months”s general estimated expenditure of MGNREGS.
Senior officers within the ministry mentioned the overall expenditure underneath MGNREGS throughout 2008 to 2014, underneath the Congress-led UPA govt, was once Rs 1.91 lakh crore which jumped to Rs 2.95 lakh crore throughout 2014 to 2020, throughout the tenure of the Top Minister Narendra Modi-led govt.
Then again, the finances allocated underneath different premier flagship schemes such because the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (PMAY), welfare schemes for roads and housing respectively in rural spaces, have larger.
Speaking concerning the govt’s welfare schemes for rural spaces, Ms Sitharaman mentioned,”Underneath the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana for alleviation of poverty, 58 lakh Self Lend a hand Teams (SHGs) were mobilised. We will additional amplify on SHGs.”
Not like the Division of Rural Construction, the allocation for the Division of Panchayati Raj has nearly doubled to Rs 900.94 crore for the 12 months 2020-21 from Rs 500 crore from the estimated expenditure incurred in 2019-20.
Each departments comes underneath the similar ministry.
The allocation for the Division of Panchayati Raj has larger as a result of upper finances allocated to the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan from an estimated expenditure of Rs 465.46 crore in 2019-20 to Rs 857.53 crore in 2020-21.
Talking at the significance of panchayats in her Budget speech, Ms Sitharaman mentioned the federal government’s imaginative and prescient is that each one “public establishments” at gram panchayat degree corresponding to anganwadis, well being and wellness centres, govt colleges, PDS shops, put up places of work and police stations shall be supplied with virtual connectivity.
So, Fibre to the House (FTTH) connections thru Bharatnet will hyperlink one lakh gram panchayats this 12 months. It’s proposed to supply Rs 6,000 crore to the Bharatnet programme in 2020-21, she mentioned.
