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The rural development ministry is expecting an additional allocation of Rs 10,000 crore towards its flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with a drought looming in several parts of the country.
The ministry was allocated Rs 60,000 crore in this year’s interim Budget of which more than Rs 25,000 crore has already been disbursed to the states.
“We have no pending payments as of now to the states,” said a senior government official.
The uneven progress of the monsoon so far is likely to increase the demand for work under MGNREGS.
The additional sums are likely to be allocated in the
