-TheWire.in
While 7.17 crore farmers have been registered under PM Kisan, only 4.12 crore – those who registered in the first period – will be eligible to receive all four instalments that will be due by the end of March.
New Delhi: Some portion of the money that is likely to remain unspent under PM Kisan could be diverted for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), according to a report in Business Standard.
It is now likely that some of the Rs 20,000-Rs 25,000 crore that is expected to remain unspent under PM Kisan could be spent under MGNREGA which currently has an allocation of Rs 60,000 crore for the 2019-20 financial year and almost Rs 48,000 crore has already been spent.
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