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Q41 (IAS/2011) Economy › Schemes, Inclusion & Social Sector › Employment generation programmes Answer Verified

Among the following which are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”?

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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005, is a demand-driven social security measure designed to enhance livelihood security in rural India [6]. Unlike many other welfare schemes that are targeted toward specific socio-economic categories like Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), or Below Poverty Line (BPL) households, MGNREGA is universal in its rural application [3]. According to the Act, every rural household has the right to register for the scheme. Any adult member of a rural household who is willing to perform unskilled manual labor is eligible to apply for a job card and demand work [4]. The scheme guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment per financial year to every such household [6]. While it significantly benefits marginalized sections and the poor, the legal eligibility extends to adult members of any rural household regardless of their community or poverty status [1].

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  1. [2] https://www.tnrd.tn.gov.in/schemes/cen_nrega_13.html
  2. [6] Indian Economy, Nitin Singhania .(ed 2nd 2021-22) > Chapter 3: Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment > Achievements made through MGNREGA so far: > p. 57
  3. [3] https://megsres.nic.in/salient-features-mgnrega
  4. [4] https://nregaplus.nic.in/Circular_Archive/archive/nrega_doc_FAQs.pdf
  5. [1] https://nrega.nic.in/
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