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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Context
The Ministry of Rural Development informed the Rajya Sabha that the central government owed Rs 13,718.65 crore to 33 States and Union Territories under MGNREGS. This amount includes Rs 7,072 crore allocated for wage payments.
What is MGNREGS?
- Launched in: 2005
- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a centrally sponsored scheme.
- This flagship rural employment initiative guarantees 100 days of wage employment annually to adult members of rural households willing to do unskilled manual labor.
- It aims to improve rural infrastructure and alleviate poverty by providing sustainable livelihoods.
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Rural Development
- Implementing Agency: The programme is implemented through Panchayati Raj Institutions.
- The central government’s responsibility under MGNREGS is to directly transfer wages to beneficiaries’ bank accounts.
- In the Union Budget for 2025, the government allocated Rs 86,000 crore for the MGNREGS
- Key Initiatives for Implementing MGNREGA
- GeoMGNREGA: It is a collaboration between MoRD, NRSC, ISRO, and NIC, GeoMGNREGA uses geo-tagging to track assets created under MGNREGA in each Gram Panchayat.
- Janmanrega: Developed by NIC, MoRD, and NRSC, Janmanrega is a multilingual mobile app offering essential services for MGNREGA stakeholders.
- NREGASoft: NREGASoft is a web-based Management Information System (MIS) that records all activities under MGNREGA at multiple levels (central, state, district, block, panchayat).
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India is home to 6.65 lakh villages, with 2.68 lakh Gram Panchayats and Rural Local Bodies |
PYQQ. Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”? (2011) (a) Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
Solution: (d) |
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