Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, how many minimum days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year has to be provided to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work ?

The correct answer is 100.Key Points

• 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year has to be provided to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
• The MGNREGA was enacted in 2005 to provide a legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult.
• By generating long-lasting assets, raising rural people standards of living, and lowering poverty, the program seeks to give those living in poverty in rural areas security of income. 

Additional Information

• The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a social security measure that aims to provide employment and livelihood security to rural households in India.
• The MGNREGA is implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, and is the largest employment generation programme in the world.
• The Act aims to create durable assets and infrastructure in rural areas, enhance the livelihoods of rural households, and promote sustainable development in rural India.