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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) primarily aims to provide:
MGNREGA legally guarantees up to 100 days of wage employment a year to rural households whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. It addresses rural unemployment and poverty. It is not a housing, skilled-job or universal foodgrain scheme.
- AA legal guarantee of 100 days of wage employment per year to rural households willing to do unskilled manual workCorrect
- BSubsidised housing to all urban poor households
- CGuaranteed government jobs to all educated rural youth
- DFree foodgrains to every household regardless of income
Explanation
MGNREGA guarantees up to 100 days of unskilled manual wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer. It is not for housing, skilled government jobs or universal free grain, which are covered by other schemes.
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