GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to each household in rural areas of the country whose adult members volunteers to do unskilled manual work.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under this Act, all those who are in need of work in rural areas are guaranteed 100 days of work in a year by the government. If the government fails to provide work, the people are given unemployment allowances.

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: -42 of 2005 (PDF). It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to at least one member of every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.