GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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200
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100
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300
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150
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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: -National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (or, NREGA No 42, later renamed as the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”, MGNREGA), is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand state has raised the working days under MNREGA from 100 to 150 days.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main feature of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA) is as follow: It guarantees the 100 days of wage employment in the financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. In this scheme, one-third of the proposed job will be reserved for women.