SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The act was first proposed in 1991 by then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. It was finally accepted in the parliament and commenced implementation in 625 districts of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘Right to Work’ plan, under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, was implemented in 200 districts in the first phase.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “Right to work” plan under NREGA came into force in 2006 and covered 200 districts which were further extended to an additional 130 districts in 2008.

Detailed explanation-4: -NREGA: Objective The Act provides a legal Guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work at the minimum wage rate notified for agricultural labour prescribed in the State or else an unemployment allowance.