CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -MGNREGA budgeted and actual expenditure For instance, in 2021-22, while ₹73, 000 crore was allocated to MGNREGS, supplementary allocations made later pushed up the revised estimates to ₹98, 000 crore, as funds had run out in the middle of the year.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The correct answer is the Ministry of Labour Welfare and Employment. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act formed in 2005 to guarantee the ‘right to work’ in rural areas. It provides guaranteed wage employment to every rural household for a minimum of 100 days.