GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
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200 days
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30 days
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100 days
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60 days
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Mahatma Gandhi NREG Act, 2005 is to provide at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do unskilled manual work. State can provide additional mandays of work over and above of 100 days from its own resources.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name of the act was changed to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in 2009 on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. Dr Jean Dreze, a Belgian-Indian economist was a major influence on the creation of the NREGA. The 2017 Union Budget allocated Rs. 48000 crore for the scheme.