Question

describe National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005

Answer 1

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. 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'.

Answer 2

Provisions NREGA 2005.

(i) 100 days assured employment every year to each  rural household.

(ii) One-third of the proposed jobs to be reserved for  women.

(iii) If an applicant is not employed within 15 days,  he/she is entitled to a daily unemployment  allowance.

(iv) The governments have to establish Central  Employment Guarantee Funds and State  Employment Guarantee Funds for the  implementation of the scheme.

(v) The scheme is to be extended to 600 districts