MNREGA Scheme

Clarifies views are her own and not those of Advisory Council, as she also calls for greater spending on primary health

The motto of the government earlier was "jaan hai to jahaan hai", but now it is "jaan bhi jahaan bhi", the PM said

If you look at the growth target of 10 per cent nominal GDP, what we expect is something like 6-6.5 per cent real GDP growth, and inflation of 3.5-4 per cent

The fund allocation towards the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in the 2020-21 Budget could be in excess of Rs 70,000 crore

Govt said the total number of individuals who worked under the scheme in 2015-16 was 72.2 million

In 2015-16, 7.27 million individuals in the age group of 18-30 years worked under the scheme and this was 10.07 per cent of the total individuals that worked in the age group

Issue was raised during the Zero Hour by CPI(M) leader P Karunakaran