Consider the following statements regarding MGNREGA 1 It was launched in 2005 with th...........

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Consider the following statements regarding MGNREGA:

1. It was launched in 2005 with the primary objective of guaranteeing 150 days of wage employment per year to rural households.

2. This scheme provides a legal right to employment for adult members of rural households.

3. Under this scheme employment must be provided with 15 days of being demanded failing which an ‘unemployment allowance’ must be given

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 Only

1,2 and 3

1 and 3 Only

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Explanation:

MGNREGA is the largest social security scheme in the world — guaranteeing 100 days of unskilled manual work to all rural households in India. Last year, about 235 crore person-days of work were generated under the scheme. The MGNREG Act actually gives rural households the right to work — making it obligatory for the State to give them work on demand. Household could actually sue them for not doing so — at least on paper. The work is usually on projects to build durable assets like roads, canals, ponds and wells. In reality, there are quite a lot of rules on how the money may be spent. The Act stipulates a minimum wage-material ratio of 60:40. The average wage per day per person in 2016-17 was ?161.