Government Likely To Raise Rural Welfare Spending By 16%: Report

A parliamentary panel last year asked the ministry to increase the programme's wages as they were lower than those paid to farm labourers elsewhere.

Budget 2019 | | Updated: January 31, 2019 16:05 IST
Government Likely To Raise Rural Welfare Spending By 16%: Report

In budget, government is set to earmark about 1.3 lakh crores for Ministry of Rural Development.