Demand-driven funding concern: panel urges increased MGNREGA allocations to ensure timely, uninterrupted implementation of rural works.
Parliamentary scrutiny focuses on retaining MGNREGA allocations at the same level since the Revised Estimates for 2023-24 and stresses that the scheme's demand-driven design requires timely and adequate funding. The Committee questions the rationale for a static allocation, urges increased funds to meet targets, and finds the Department's reply-that releases are continuous and demand-based-stereotypical, calling instead for enhanced synchronisation between the nodal ministry and the finance ministry to ensure uninterrupted implementation.