CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year to the adult members of any rural household, having Job card and willing to do manual work at the statutory minimum wage. The Job may be of Unskilled/Semi Skilled/ Skilled in nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food For Work Programme was launched in 1977-78. Under this programme, the government provided work to poor people related to the construction of kutcha roads, clearing debris, etc and gave foodgrains instead of wages. This programme was later restructured as the National Food for Work Programme in 2001.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Food for Work Programme (NFWP), 2004 was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, central government on 14 November 2004 in 150 of the most backward districts of India to generate supplementary wage employment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Since 2005, the programme has been enshrined in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which has taken effect in 200 districts across the country, including 150 NFFWP districts. MGNREGA is now the most important right-based employment guarantee scheme in the country.