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Q.Explain in short National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA).
Gujarat GsebGujarat Board (GSEB) HSC Commerce Board 2020Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →NREGA (2005, later MGNREGA) guarantees 100 days of paid unskilled manual work per year to every willing rural household, giving livelihood security and creating rural assets.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) — later renamed MGNREGA — is a landmark anti-poverty measure. Its key features are:
- It guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
- Employment must be provided within 15 days of demand, failing which an unemployment allowance is payable, making it a legal right.
- Work is provided on local public/productive works such as water conservation, roads, irrigation and land development, so that durable rural assets are created. …
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