SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) was notified on September 7, 2005. The mandate of the Act 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-3: -Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 or MGNREGA, earlier known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was passed by the UPA I. It is applicable in Rural areas only. It provides work for not less than one hundred days in a financial year. It is a social security measure that aims to guarantee the right to work.