CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Uttar Pradesh has provided employment to how many workers in 56, 981 village panchayats of the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme?
A
57.12 lakh
B
27.12 lakh
C
37.12 lakh
D
47.12 lakh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -113 million households got employment under MGNREGS in 2022: Report.

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: -In absolute terms, the NREGS wages have been increased in the range of Rs 4 to Rs 21 per day across 31 states and UTs for 2022-23. Under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the MGNREGA, 2005, the Union government fixes state-wise wage rates for unskilled manual workers, who work under the rural job guarantee scheme.

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