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    Question

    Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the

    “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”?
    A Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Adult members of below-poverty-line (BPL) households Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Adult members of households of all backward communities Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Adult members of any household Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA), which is the largest work guarantee programme in the world, was enacted in 2005 with the primary objective of guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment per year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

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