2012 · Q51
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) aims at enhancing livelihood security in rural areas of India by providing at least one hundred :
Social Security in IndiaUnorganised sector schemes
- ADays of guaranteed employment in a financial year to able adults in the Information Technology sector.
- BDays of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to adult members of a rural household.
- CMeals to children of rural households in one financial year.
- DEmployees for rural developmental schemes in a financial year.
Explanation
MGNREGA (2005) enhances rural livelihood security by guaranteeing at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work. It does not cover IT-sector jobs, mid-day meals or staffing for development schemes. Hence option B.