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MGNREGA Flashcards

1
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MGNREGA was launched on?

A

Sept 2005

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2
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How many days of labour will be provided under MGNREGA to regular and special category workers?

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Atleast 100 days & 150 days respectively

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What kind of work will be provided under MGNREGA?

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Unskilled Manual Work

To every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do so

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4
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Who are in special category of worker?

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Rural areas of drought and natural calamity
Primitive, notified, denotified STs
STs living in forests covered under FRA 2006
Person’s with disability
Women in special circumstances
HIV positive
Internally displaced
Senior citizen above 65
Rehabilitated bonded labout

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5
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Wage rates notified annually are based on which index?

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CPI-AL

According to section 6(1) of MGNREGA

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6
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What is unique about MGNREGA Scheme?

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It is an Act
Recognises employment as a legal right
World’s largest Employment guarantee welfare program

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7
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What does para 9(1) of schedule 1 of MGNREGA dictate?

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Atleast 1 work for particularly vulnerable groups, especially for the aged and disabled, shall be kept open at all times

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8
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MGNREGA is financed by?

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National Employment Guarantee Fund

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9
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What areas are included in MGNREGA?

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All districts except those with 100% urban population

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10
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Run by Ministry of?

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Ministry of Rural Development

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11
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Objectives of the MGNREGA? (Not aim)

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Guaranteed employment
Strengthening Livelihoods
Social inclusion: poor, women and sc/st
Financial inclusion
Strengthening PRI
Decrease migration
Strengthen Natural Resource Base

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12
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Which SDG is linked to MGNREGA?

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SDG 1 (poverty), SDG 2 (hunger), SDG 5 (Gender equality), SDG 8 (decent work)

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13
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Representation of SC/ST in MGNREGA?

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38%

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14
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Actual representation of women in MGNREGA?

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56%

As of FY 2022-23

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15
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Who determines the order of priority of work, monitors the execution of work?

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Gram Sabha

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16
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Who is the primary forum for Social Audit?

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Gram Sabha

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17
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Who receives and verifies applications and allots work in MGNREGA?

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Gram panchayat

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18
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Who issues job cards?

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Gram Panchayat

They are valid for 5 years

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19
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Within how many days must work be alloted after submitting application?

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With 15 days

By Gram Panchayat - else eligible for compensatory allowance

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20
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Who’s responsibility is it to ensure that anyone who applies gets employed within 15 days?

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Programme Officer

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21
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Who sets up Cluster Level Facilitation team?

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Programme Offcier

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22
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Who prepared an annual report and maintains records?

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Gram panchayat

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23
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Rozgar diwas is celebrated?

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Atleast once a month
In every ward

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24
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Coordinator of MGNREGA?

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Programme Officer

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25
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Who ensures prompt and fair payment of wages?

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Programme Officer

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26
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Frequency of social audits?

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Once in 6 months

By Gram sabha
Section 17(A) gives the right

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27
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First state to conduct and mandate social audit of all schemes?

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Meghalaya

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28
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First state to complete social audit of all it’s gram panchayat

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Kerala

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29
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MGNREGA social audit rule 2011 is backed by

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Controller auditor general of india

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30
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Which section gives the right to social audit?

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Section 17 (A)

It is the 1st scheme to introduce the concept

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31
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Who are key functionaries at worksite at GP level?

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Gram Rozgar Sahayak or Employment Guarantee Assistant
And mates or worksite supervisor

Ratio 1:100 workers

Preferably an educated women who has worked for atleast 50 days

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32
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Who prepared the annual report of MGNREGA - to be laid before State legislative assembly?

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State Employment Guarantee Council (SEGC)

Advises state on implementation

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33
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How can work be demanded?

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Oral or written demand

Mentioning continuous work for not less than 14 days

34
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How many days of work can be demanded if it’s sanitation work?

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Of 6 days

Otherwise not less than 14 days to be demanded
Atleast 100 days to be given with 15 days of demand

35
Q

Compensatory allowance for 1st 30 days of delay of job allotment and the allowance for more than 30 days is?

A

1/4 th of minimum wage and 1/2 of minimum wage

36
Q

Under section 7(3) who is liable to pay unemployment wage?

A

State government

37
Q

Work has to be provided within what distance?

A

With 5km radius of the village

Else eligible for compensatory allowance

38
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What is the eligible travel allowance is working is alloted beyond 5km radius?

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10% of the wage

39
Q

Who pays labour expenses?

A

Centre

40
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Ratio of expenses of wage and material?

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60:40
Maintained at Gram Panchayat level

41
Q

Compensatory allowance if wage is delayed?

A

0.05% of wage + wage,
per day of delay

Beyond 16th day of closing of muster roll

42
Q

Ratio of expense of raw and working material between cente and state is

A

75:25

43
Q

Cost of material component including wages of the skilled and semi-skilled worker shall not exceed?

A

40% at the district level

44
Q

Which body facilitates knowledge inputs, capacity building and convergence in MGNREGA?

A

Block Resource Centre

45
Q

For how long is registration of an individual valid for MGNREGA?

A

For 5 years

And is open throughout the year at GP office

46
Q

Who verifies information on application submitted?

A

Programme Officer

47
Q

Frequency of disbursement of wages?

A

Weekly and not later than a fortnight after

As per section 3(3) of the act.

48
Q

Who prepares Development plan in MGNREGA?

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Gram Panchayat

According to 16 (3) & (4)

49
Q

What is the desired result of work taken up in MGNREGA?

A

Work which results in the creation of durable assets and strengthen livelihood resources of the rural poor

50
Q

Category of the work not done under MGNREGA?
1. Work relating to Natural Resource Management. Eg: structures for ground water conservation.
2. community of individual assets
3. Common infrastructure - for NRLM compliant SHG
4. Digging wells

A

4

51
Q

What falls under negative work?

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Non-tangible, non-measurable, non-quantifiable, repetitive work

Like removing grass, pebbles, agri operations

52
Q

Is bore well & group well construction permitted in mgnrega?

A

Bore well and tubewell is not permissible

except if they are in GGWB - Central ground water board - declared safe zones
Group well in CGWB declared semi-critical or critical zone

53
Q

Expenditure for the construction of Anganwadi centre

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Upto Rs. 8 L

Balance cost from integrated child development services scheme, MoW&CD

54
Q

Unit cost of Individual Household Latrine under PMAY from MGNREGA

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Rs. 12,000

55
Q

Janashree Bima Yojana (JBY) & Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) under MGNREGA exist for what purpose

A

To provide social security through insurance to the workers

56
Q

Geotagging in MGNREGA is done through?

A

BHUVAN app (by ISRO) through GeoMGNREGA

Mandatory for works with sanctioned amount of Rs. 50,000 or more

57
Q

App for citizens to locate assets and provide feedback on MGNREGA infrastructure - enabling better transparency

A

JANMANREGA app
2017-18
Developed in collab with National Informatics Centre (NIC) & National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, Hyderabad)
Available in 12 languages

58
Q

Software for estimate calculation using rural rates of employment, specifically for MGNREGA works

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SECURE app

For estimate calculation at all levels

59
Q

Yuktadhara

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GIS- based planning developed by NRSC, Hyderabad, ISRO

60
Q

Local language enabled, workflow based, e-governance system to capture all activities under NREGA

A

NREGAsoft

Prepared by NIC & MoRD
Can be accessed by each stake holder

61
Q

Attendance at worksite with geotagged, time stamped photograph of the worker

A

NMMS - National Mobile Monitoring Service

62
Q

What is Amrit Sarovar?

A

Construction or renovation of atleast 75 ponds (Amrit Sarovars) in each district of the country

Will increase availability of water both on surface and underground

63
Q

App for measuring water level in GP through 2-3 open wells twice a year - pre monsoon and post monsoon

A

Jaldoot app

2022
To create database through app - Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS)

64
Q

Project to enhance the skill base of MGNREGA workers helping them move from partial employment to full employment

A

Project Unnati (2019-20)

Aims to enhance the skill base of 2 lakh MGNREGA beneficiaries in 3 financial years

65
Q

Capacity building and training programme for MGNREGA

A

E-Shaksham

66
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When was Amrit Sarovar launched? When is it supposed to be completed?

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April 2022

Completed: August 2023

67
Q

GeoTagging of works in MGNREGA is mandatory for works with a sanctioned amount of?

A

Rs. 50,000

68
Q

What is the wage hike notified in MGNREGA for FY24-25 across all states?

A

3-10%

69
Q

Wage hike in MGNREGA is notified under?

A

Sub-section 1 of Section 6 of MGNREGA 2005

70
Q

Which state witnessed the highest raise in wages in FY24? what was the hike rate?

A

Goa at Rs. 356
10.56% rise, i.e. Rs. 34

71
Q

After the wage hike in MGNREGA, which state has the highest wage for its labourers?

A

Haryana at Rs. 374/day

72
Q

Which states have the lowest wages after the wage hike in MGNREGA in FY24?

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Arunachal & Nagaland at Rs. 234/day

73
Q

Which states witnessed the lowest raise in wages in MGNREGA? What is their rate of increase?

A

UP & Uttarakhand at Rs. 237
3.04% at Rs. 7

74
Q

Which Committe recommended that wages should uniformly be Rs. 375 per day?

A

Anoop Satpathy Committee

75
Q

Which committee in Parliament pointed out the high range of variation in MGNREGA wages across state?

A

Parliamentary Standing Committtee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

76
Q

What is the average increase in wages in MGNREGA in FY24?

A

about 7% at Rs. 285.47/day

77
Q

Rate of increase of jobs in MGNREGA in the past 10 years?

A

240%

78
Q

Participation of SC in MGNREGA (2006)

A

19.75%

79
Q

Participation of ST in MGNREGA?

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17.47%

80
Q

No. of days to be completed by a person in MGNREGA, to be eligible for Unnati project?

A

100 days

81
Q

_____ is a powerful instrument for ensuring inclusive growth in rural India through its impact on social protection, livelihood security democratic empowerment

A

MGNREGA, DAY-NRLM

82
Q

Expenditure involved in printing of new job cards, if required, will be met from administrative expenditure within the ceiling of ___% of state’s MGNREGA fund

A

5%

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