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Download Solution PDFConsider the following statements:
(i) Mahatma Gandhi NREGA was enacted by government of India in 2005.
(ii) It provides 100 days guaranteed employment in every financial year to adults of rural household.
Among these which statement is correct?
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Download Solution PDF- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was started to provide 100 days of guaranteed wage employment every year to rural unskilled labor of 18 years or above age.
- The scheme was introduced as a social measure that guarantees the right to work.
- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (originally NREGA) was passed in 2005 by the UPA government under the then PM Dr. MAnmohan Singh.
- The Ministry that takes care of the MGNREGA is the Ministry of Rural Development.
The core objectives of the MGNREGS are:
- Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability;
- Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor;
- Proactively ensuring social inclusion and
- Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions
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