Current Events Primer Series: MGNREGA

MGNREGA
(Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act )

1) is an Indian job guarantee scheme.

2) Enacted in 2005. (Initially named only NREGA).


3) The scheme provides a legal guarantee for one hundred days of employment in every financial year.

4) It is meant for adult members of any rural household willing to do public work-related unskilled manual work.

5) The minimum wage is Rs120/day.

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