Give the information about Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act [MGNREGA].

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Q. Give the information about Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act [MGNREGA].

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MGNREGA (2005) guarantees 100 days of wage work a year to rural households, giving income security and building rural assets.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a major anti-poverty and rural-employment programme:

Enacted in 2005 (implemented from 2006), it gives a legal guarantee of employment.
It provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Work is to be provided within a fixed distance and time, failing which an unemployment allowance is payable.
Workers are paid statutory minimum/notified wages, often through bank or post-office accounts to ensure transparency.
The works undertaken create durable rural assets such as roads, water conservation structures, ponds and irrigation works. …

Q.Give the information about Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act [MGNREGA].