Answer:
(i)
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in
September 2005. The act provides 100 days assured employment every year, to
every rural household, in 200 districts.
(ii) The central government will also establish National Employment Guarantee
Funds. Similarly, state governments will establish State Employment Guarantee
Funds for implementation of the scheme.
(iii) Under the programme, if an applicant is not provided
employment within 15 days he or she will be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance.
(iv) Another scheme is the National Food for Work
Programme (NFWP) which was launched in 2004, in 150 most backward districts of
the country. The programme is open to all rural people who are in need of wage
employment and desire to do manual unskilled work. Under this scheme, food
grains are provided free of cost to the states.
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