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Throw light on MNREGA program. |
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Answer» Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was notified on 5 September 2005. The act was started in the state of Andhra Pradesh and 200 most backward districts of country on 2 Feb. 2006. Later on, all 644 rural districts were also included in this program on 1 April 2008. Six most backward districts were also included in the first phase. MNREGA provides unskilled work for rural population for at least 150 days per year. Under this plan, the wages are paid according to the wages specified for agricultural labourers in the state under the Minimum Wages Act 1948, unless the central government decides the wage rate. |
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