Parliamentary Committee recently recommended extending guaranteed days of labor from 100 to 150 under the Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
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This was recommended after observing that MGNREGA may be the last fallback option for several people in rural areas.
The Committee gave recommendations when the job scheme had become a security net for migrant workers who returned to their villages amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Furthermore, demand for work under this scheme has reached an all-time high in the fiscal year 2021-2022.
Finance Ministry has not increased the allocation for MGNREGA in Union Budget 2022-23. Ministry retained it at Rs 73,000 crore for 2022-23.