Question

How did NREGA 2005 bring upliftment of the rural areas? Explain

Answer 1

1) Its main aim is for enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work".

2) Another aim of NREGA is to create durable assets (such as roads, canals, ponds and wells). Employment is to be provided within 5 km of an applicant's residence, and minimum wages are to be paid. If work is not provided within 15 days of applying, applicants are entitled to an unemployment allowance

Answer 2

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was formulated in 2005 and launched by the prime minister on 22nd February 2006.

Later on, its name changed to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

The main features of this scheme are as follows:-

1. It provided livelihood to the people below the poverty line. It guaranteed hundred days of wage employment in a year to every rural household in 625 district of the country.

2. It targets scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes and women suffering from poverty in rural areas.

3.This act is also known as right to work because if the comment fails in its duty to provide employment, it will give unemployment allowances to the people. The type of work can be anything from road development, Canal construction to any other similar work, which may increase productivity of the land.

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