MGNREGA

Question 1

MGNREGA was launched on?

Answer 1

Sept 2005

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Atleast 100 days & 150 days respectively

Question 3

What kind of work will be provided under MGNREGA?

Answer 3

Unskilled Manual Work

To every rural household whose adult member volunteers to do so

Question 4

Who are in special category of worker?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Wage rates notified annually are based on which index?

Answer 5

CPI-AL

According to section 6(1) of MGNREGA

Question 6

What is unique about MGNREGA Scheme?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

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

Question 8

MGNREGA is financed by?

Answer 8

National Employment Guarantee Fund

Question 9

What areas are included in MGNREGA?

Answer 9

All districts except those with 100% urban population

Question 10

Run by Ministry of?

Answer 10

Ministry of Rural Development

Question 11

Objectives of the MGNREGA? (Not aim)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Which SDG is linked to MGNREGA?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Representation of SC/ST in MGNREGA?

Answer 13

38%

Question 14

Actual representation of women in MGNREGA?

Answer 14

56%

As of FY 2022-23

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Gram Sabha

Question 16

Who is the primary forum for Social Audit?

Answer 16

Gram Sabha

Question 17

Who receives and verifies applications and allots work in MGNREGA?

Answer 17

Gram panchayat

Question 18

Who issues job cards?

Answer 18

Gram Panchayat

They are valid for 5 years

Question 19

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

Answer 19

With 15 days

By Gram Panchayat - else eligible for compensatory allowance

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Programme Officer

Question 21

Who sets up Cluster Level Facilitation team?

Answer 21

Programme Offcier

Question 22

Who prepared an annual report and maintains records?

Answer 22

Gram panchayat

Question 23

Rozgar diwas is celebrated?

Answer 23

Atleast once a month
In every ward

Question 24

Coordinator of MGNREGA?

Answer 24

Programme Officer

Question 25

Who ensures prompt and fair payment of wages?

Answer 25

Programme Officer

Question 26

Frequency of social audits?

Answer 26

Once in 6 months By Gram sabha Section 17(A) gives the right

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Meghalaya

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Kerala

Question 29

MGNREGA social audit rule 2011 is backed by

Answer 29

Controller auditor general of india

Question 30

Which section gives the right to social audit?

Answer 30

Section 17 (A) It is the 1st scheme to introduce the concept

Question 31

Who are key functionaries at worksite at GP level?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

State Employment Guarantee Council (SEGC) Advises state on implementation

Question 33

How can work be demanded?

Answer 33

Oral or written demand Mentioning continuous work for not less than 14 days

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Of 6 days Otherwise not less than 14 days to be demanded Atleast 100 days to be given with 15 days of demand

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

State government

Question 37

Work has to be provided within what distance?

Answer 37

With 5km radius of the village Else eligible for compensatory allowance

Question 38

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

Answer 38

10% of the wage

Question 39

Who pays labour expenses?

Answer 39

Centre

Question 40

Ratio of expenses of wage and material?

Answer 40

60:40 Maintained at Gram Panchayat level

Question 41

Compensatory allowance if wage is delayed?

Answer 41

0.05% of wage + wage, per day of delay Beyond 16th day of closing of muster roll

Question 42

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

Answer 42

75:25

Question 43

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

Answer 43

40% at the district level

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Block Resource Centre

Question 45

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

Answer 45

For 5 years And is open throughout the year at GP office

Question 46

Who verifies information on application submitted?

Answer 46

Programme Officer

Question 47

Frequency of disbursement of wages?

Answer 47

Weekly and not later than a fortnight after As per section 3(3) of the act.

Question 48

Who prepares Development plan in MGNREGA?

Answer 48

Gram Panchayat According to 16 (3) & (4)

Question 49

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

Answer 49

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

Question 50

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

Answer 50

4

Question 51

What falls under negative work?

Answer 51

Non-tangible, non-measurable, non-quantifiable, repetitive work Like removing grass, pebbles, agri operations

Question 52

Is bore well & group well construction permitted in mgnrega?

Answer 52

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

Question 53

Expenditure for the construction of Anganwadi centre

Answer 53

Upto Rs. 8 L Balance cost from integrated child development services scheme, MoW&CD

Question 54

Unit cost of Individual Household Latrine under PMAY from MGNREGA

Answer 54

Rs. 12,000

Question 55

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

Answer 55

To provide social security through insurance to the workers

Question 56

Geotagging in MGNREGA is done through?

Answer 56

BHUVAN app (by ISRO) through GeoMGNREGA Mandatory for works with sanctioned amount of Rs. 50,000 or more

Question 57

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

Answer 57

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

Question 58

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

Answer 58

SECURE app For estimate calculation at all levels

Question 59

Yuktadhara

Answer 59

GIS- based planning developed by NRSC, Hyderabad, ISRO

Question 60

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

Answer 60

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

Question 61

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

Answer 61

**NMMS** - National Mobile Monitoring Service

Question 62

What is Amrit Sarovar?

Answer 62

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

Question 63

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

Answer 63

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

Question 64

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

Answer 64

Project Unnati (2019-20) Aims to enhance the skill base of 2 lakh MGNREGA beneficiaries in 3 financial years

Question 65

Capacity building and training programme for MGNREGA

Answer 65

E-Shaksham

Question 66

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

Answer 66

April 2022 Completed: August 2023

Question 67

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

Answer 67

Rs. 50,000

Question 68

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

Answer 68

3-10%

Question 69

Wage hike in MGNREGA is notified under?

Answer 69

Sub-section 1 of Section 6 of MGNREGA 2005

Question 70

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

Answer 70

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

Question 71

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

Answer 71

Haryana at Rs. 374/day

Question 72

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

Answer 72

Arunachal & Nagaland at Rs. 234/day

Question 73

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

Answer 73

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

Question 74

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

Answer 74

Anoop Satpathy Committee

Question 75

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

Answer 75

Parliamentary Standing Committtee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Question 76

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

Answer 76

about 7% at Rs. 285.47/day

Question 77

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

Answer 77

240%

Question 78

Participation of SC in MGNREGA (2006)

Answer 78

19.75%

Question 79

Participation of ST in MGNREGA?

Answer 79

17.47%

Question 80

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

Answer 80

100 days

Question 81

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

Answer 81

MGNREGA, DAY-NRLM

Question 82

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

Answer 82

5%

Question 83

Bare Foot Technicians & UNNATI skilling project are comonents of?

Answer 83

MGNREGA | capacity building schemes