Ques: Recently Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has completed its ten years of implementation, when it was came into effect?
(a) 2 January 2006
(b) 2 February 2005
(c) 2 February 2006
(d) 2 March 2005
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completed ten years of implementation on 2nd February 2016.
- The achievements of a decade are a cause of national pride and celebration.
- Since the start of the programme, the expenditure on the programme has amounted to 3,13,844.55 crore.
- Out of this 71% has been spent on wage payments to workers.
- Through this programme a total of 1,980.01 croreperson days have been generated.
- The past year, 2015-16, has seen a revival of the programme. The person day generation is highest in the second quarter (45.88 crore) and third quarter (46.10 crore)
- The person day generation is more compared to it has been in the last five years.
- More than 65% of the workstaken up under the programme are linked to agriculture and allied activities.
- 23% of all person days are being done by SC workers, and 18% by ST workers, the highest in three years.
- Similarly the percentage of Scheduled Caste workers has consistently been about 20% and Scheduled Tribe workers have been about 17%.
- 57% of all workers are women which are well above the statutory requirement of 33% and the highest in three years.
- This revival has been achieved due to a slew of reforms undertaken by the Ministry of Rural Development.
- Most important of these has been the timely release of funds to states to provide work on demand.
- An electronic fund management system has been successfully instituted which allows for real time and transparent release of funds to implementing agencies and beneficiaries.
- The Ministry has reacted swiftly to the distress situation of droughts in nine states by declaring an additional 50 days of employment in the drought affected areas.
- The focus for the upcoming years will be on simplification and strengthening of procedures for the implementation of the MGNREGA as an employment guarantee.
- The Ministry will aim to train and place 10,000 Barefoot Technicians through Project LIFE.
- Training of workers for self-employment and livelihood up gradation.
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