Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsPOVERTY2 Marks
Question
Write a note on $NREGA ($National Rojgar Employment Guarantee Act$).$
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Answer
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, $2005 (NREGA):$
In the year $2005,$ National Employment Guarantee Act was accepted with the objective of creating assets through public construction activities and to provide employment to one person per family for minimum $100$ days to rural and urban poor as well as lower middle class families.
According to this scheme within $5\ KM.$
Employment given under $15$ days.
If employment is not provided than unemployment allowances will be given.
This laboures will get employment in public welfare scheme.
There were two reasons behind that
$(a)$ seasonal unemployment reduces
$(b)$ road, irrigation and water allocation facility were increased.
In $2009, NREGA$ was reformed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act $(MGNREGA).$
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