Q. The largest ever employment programme vests substantial powers with village level panchayats for effective implementation
Solution:
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 or MGNREGA, earlier known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, is an Indian social welfare measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.
- This act was passed on 23 August 2005 and was implemented in February 2006 under the UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following tabling of the bill in parliament by the Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.
- The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is a scheme that ensures 100 days of employment in a year to the people of the country who are willing to do sports work.
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