Govt likely to keep MGNREGA labour budget for 2017-18 unchanged

Pending labour wages by the end of 2016-17 could be around Rs 3,000-4,000 crore

For the second year running, the Centre is likely to approve a labour budget of around 2.2 billion person-days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
 
The labour budget, for 2017-18, could be enhanced as well, if more demand is generated owing to drought or insufficient rainfall in any part of the country, senior officials said.
 
Labour budget refers to advance labour estimates for execution of a shelf of works for the next financial year, while person-day is a unit of measurement based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one