SSC GD 2025 PYQ — Question 39

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. 100 days.

• People enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act get 100 days of work.
• MGNREGA is a social security and labor law enacted to ensure the 'Right to Work' for rural households in India.
• The Act was passed by Parliament on 23 August 2005 and was officially launched on 2 February 2006.
• Although enacted in 2005, the concept was initially proposed in 1991 by then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.
• The scheme operationalized through the Act is called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
• Its primary objective is to provide at least 100 days of wage employment per financial year to every rural household whose adult members are willing to do unskilled manual work.
• The Gram Panchayat plays a key role in the implementation of the scheme at the village level.
• The Ministry of Rural Development is the nodal ministry responsible for overseeing MGNREGA.
• MGNREGA is considered one of the largest public works programmes in the world, aiming to reduce rural poverty, create rural assets, and promote inclusive growth.