World Bank has ranked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) as the world’s largest public works programme. It said the proramme provides social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country’s population. India is among the five middle-income countries running the world’s largest social safety net programmes, said a World Bank report.
India’s Mid-day meal scheme has been classified as biggest school feeding programme benefiting 105 million beneficiaries. The World Bank ranked the Janani Suraksha Yojna with 78 million beneficiaries as the top-most social security programme with conditional cash transfers.