New delhi:
The rural development ministry has been allocated Rs 1.88 lakh Crore in the Union Budget for 2025-26, Around 5.75 per cent more than the allocation in the allocation in the previous budget.
According to the Budget Proposals Made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, The Rural Development Ministry Budget for 2024-25.
However, the 2024-25 revised estimate, a midyar review of the experture don by the ministry, study at Rs 1,73,912.11 Crore, Rs 3,654.08 Crore Fewer Than the Initial.
The Allocation for Flagship Rural Employment Scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Development Scheme (MGNREGS) was Rs 86,000 Crore, the same as the last year. In 2023-24, the allocation for mgnregs was Rs 60,000, but additional funds weighs and the actual expected and the actual expertise study at Rs 89,153.71 Crore, The Budget Document Showed. No Additional allocations for MGNREGS WERE MADE IN 2024-25. The Scheme provides guaranteed 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to at least one member of every househld with whose adult members Volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It keeps at least one-third of jobs for women.
In the covid pandemic year of 2020-21, when mgnregs proved a lifeline in providing employment in rural areas amid huege reverse migration in the lockdown period, Rs 1,11,169 Croe Previous budget documents.
In her budget speech, n sitharaman announced that a comprehensive multi-sectoral ‘rural prosperity and resilience’ program will be launched in partnership with states. Sheid it will address underemptioned in Agriculture through Skilling, Investment, Technology, and Invigorating the Rural Economy.
“The goal is to generate ample options in rural areas so that migration is an option, not a Necessity. , “The minister said.
Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Lauded The Budget, Saying it aims at create an “Atmanirbhar bharat” or self-Relint India.
“This is the budget of 140 brore Indians. It is a budget for creating an atmanirbhar bharat. Every section of Society has been taken care of,” Chouhan Said.
The minister said Creating Poverty-Free Villages for a Poverty-Free India is the focus of the government.
“For a Poverty-Free India, We Need Poverty-Free Villages. The Finance Minister Announted The Rural Prosperity and Resilience Program. Togeether, Along with State Governments ” He said.
“This budget will be crucial in removing poverty from rural India,” Chouhan said. ” Among Key Schemes of the Rural Development Ministry, RS 19,000 Crore has been allocated for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, Almost 58 Percent More Than RS 12,000 Crore allocated in the lat ISED Estimate, which study at Rs 14,500 Crore. The allocation for the dendayal antyodaya yojana-national rural livelihoods mission (day-NRLM) was Rs 19,005, 26 percent more than the last year’s budget allocation of Rs 15,047 Crore.
For the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), The Allocation is Rs 54,832.00 Crore, Almost the Similar Amount as the Last Budget’s Allocation of Rs 54,500.14 Crore.
The revised estimate, however, was Rs 32,426.33, which reflected the actual spending by the ministry.
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