write an essay on mgnrega
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) was adopted in 2005 and first became operational in 200 of the poorest districts in India in February 2006. Within two and a half years it was extended to the rest of the country in April 2008.
This Act was a ground-breaking; although there had been similar employment generating programmes before, it was the first time the right to work had been legally recognised. Development in recent years in India has been spearheaded by a rights-based approach and a legal guarantee of entitlements. In 2009 the Right to Education Act was passed that bestowed the right to free and compulsory education to children between the ages of 6 and 14. There are currently talks about implementing the Right to Food as a corollary of the Right to Life (Article 21 of the Constitution) to prevent hunger and starvation in the country.