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Nagaland
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Kerala
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Goa
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Tamil Nadu
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Detailed explanation-1: -Employment Guarantee Scheme was first introduced in Maharasthra in 1972−73. The scheme was the first of its kind to give recognition to the ‘right to work’ enshrined in the constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Government of India passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 in September, 2005. The Act gives legal guarantee of a hundred days of wage employment in a financial year to adult members of a rural household who demand employment and are willing to do unskilled manual work.
Detailed explanation-3: -The mandate of the MGNREGA is to provide 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.