Question

Describe the role played by National rural employment guarantee act in improving the employment situation in lndia

Answer 1

1: it gave employment to people of130 rural areas
2: it gave garunted employment of 100 fays in a year.
3: it also promised employment after 15 days of report given.
4: if the government had not been able to give job then unemployed allowences were given.
5: this programme reduced poverty and unemployment in india.

Answer 2

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) provides guaranteed 100 days of employment per year for one person in every household in the rural areas who . wants to work as an unskilled worker. It was started in the villages of 200 districts and has now been extended to villages in over 600 districts. One-third of the total work is reserved for women. Thus, it provides employment to rural people in the activities specified under the scheme. Thus, it has helped in reducing the unemployed population of India.