The central government has no plans to set up the eighth Pay Commission for some 5.4 million central government employees and pensioners ahead of the national election next year, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan has said. Recently, there have been discussions around the central government planning to bring in the 8th Pay Commission ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In …
The allocation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was reduced in the Budget for 2023-24 because there has been a huge increase in the allocation for two other rural development programmes, Union Finance Secretary T.V. “The estimate is lower than last year’s budget — the reduction is because there has been a huge increase in two other …
Union Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan on Thursday defended the reduction in Budget 2023-24 allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, stressing that the economy was in a better shape and there had been an enhancement in rural outlays under other schemes which would generate similar work opportunities. The Union Budget presented on Wednesday allocated ₹60,000 crore for …
