MNREGA ranks first in public works programme by World Bank

   World Bank Group’s latest report ‘The State of Social Safety Nets 2015′ has ranked India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA) as the world’s largest public works programme, providing social security net to almost 15 percent of the country’s population.

Apart from MNREGA, India’s Mid-day meal scheme has been classified as biggest school feeding programme benefiting 105 million beneficiaries, while the World Bank ranked the Janani Suraksha Yojna with 78 million beneficiaries as the top-most social security programme with conditional cash transfers. read  more http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/mnrega-ranks-first-in-public-works-programme-by-world-bank/http://www.vishwagujarat.com/india/mnrega-ranks-first-in-public-works-programme-by-world-bank/