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Meena, a landless labourer in a village in Rajasthan, wants assured wage employment from the government. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, which entitlement is available to her household?

MGNREGA guarantees at least 100 days of unskilled manual wage work in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer for it. It is a demand-driven legal right, not a permanent job, urban scheme or one limited to BPL families.

  1. AGuaranteed 100 days of unskilled manual work in a financial year to an adult member of a rural household who volunteers for itCorrect
  2. BGuaranteed 100 days of skilled work every year to every urban household
  3. CGuaranteed permanent government job to one member of each rural household
  4. DGuaranteed 100 days of work only to households living below the poverty line card holders

Explanation

MGNREGA gives a legal guarantee of at least 100 days of unskilled manual work in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for it. It is rural and demand-driven, not urban, not skilled and not a permanent job. The BPL-only option wrongly restricts eligibility.

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