Question

Which of the following provisions have been made under the 'Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - 2005'?

Options

• Government ensures 100 days of employment for all residents.

• Government ensures 200 days of employment for all rural residents.

• Government provides grains in exchange of work in rural areas.

• Government provides unemployment allowance to the beneficiaries in case of failure to provide employment.

Answer 1

Government provides unemployment allowance to the beneficiaries in case of failure to provide employment.

Explanation:

• Under MGNREGA 2005, the government guarantees 100 days of wage employment per year to rural households willing to do unskilled manual labor.
• If work is not provided within 15 days of application, the beneficiary is entitled to an unemployment allowance as compensation.