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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides employment to

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. skill rural workers
  2. semi-skilled rural workers
  3. unskilled workers
  4. Both A and B

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: unskilled workers

Explanation: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005, later renamed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The Act aims to enhance livelihood security, reduce rural poverty, and create durable assets like roads, ponds, and canals. It is a rights-based programme ensuring transparency and social audit, making it one of the world’s largest public works programmes.