Which of the following schemes is/are now the part of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)? [Nabard Bank 2009]begin{enumerate}item Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojanaitem National Food For Work Programmeitem Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojanaend{enumerate}

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Which of the following schemes is/are now the part of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)? [Nabard Bank 2009]

A	Only 1
B	Only 2
C	Both (2) & (3)
D	All the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was launched in 200 identified districts [including 150 National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP) districts] w.e.f. 2nd February, 2006 in phase-I. From this date, NFFWP got subsumed under MGNREGA.

Detailed explanation-3: -(i)The NREGAs 2005 was passed in September 2005. (ii)The act provides 100 days assured employment to every rural household in 200 districts. (iii)The central government will also establish National Employment Guarantee funds. (iv)Later, the scheme will be extended to 600 districts.

Detailed explanation-4: -In fact, when NREGA was notified on 7 September 2005, it merged the then on-going schemes of the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY), Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) and Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana (SGRY).

Detailed explanation-5: -Mahatma Gandhi NREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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