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Q1Consider the following statements regarding selected MGNREGA safeguards: 1. Job cards are issued within 15 days from receipt of the application for job-card registration. 2. Contractors and machinery are allowed for ordinary MGNREGA works. 3. Social audit is a must for all works implemented under MGNREGA. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because the job-card issue period is 15 days from receipt of the registration application. Statement 2 is incorrect: the cited MGNREGA feature bars contractors and machinery. Statement 3 is correct because social audit is mandatory for all implemented works.
Q2Consider the following statements regarding institutions under NRLM: 1. NRLM promotes strong institutions of the poor such as SHGs and their federations. 2. NRLM works toward universal financial inclusion beyond basic banking services for poor households, SHGs and their federations. 3. RSETIs under NRLM are meant to transform only urban graduates into salaried employees. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because NRLM promotes SHGs and federations as institutions of the poor. Statement 2 is correct because it explicitly seeks universal financial inclusion beyond basic banking. Statement 3 is incorrect because RSETIs transform unemployed rural youth into self-employed entrepreneurs, not only urban graduates into salaried employees.
Q3Consider the following statements regarding DDU-GKY eligibility and inclusion: 1. The basic age criterion is confined to urban youth aged 18-45 years. 2. The programme has a specific target of 33 per cent for women. 3. The programme has a specific target of 5 per cent for persons with disabilities. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is incorrect because the basic age criterion cited is rural youth aged 15-35 years, with a higher limit for specified groups. Statements 2 and 3 are correct: the listed specific targets include women at 33 per cent and persons with disabilities at 5 per cent.
Q4Consider the following statements regarding demand for work under MGNREGA: 1. Every adult member of a registered household whose name appears in the job card may apply for unskilled manual work. 2. Applications for work must be for at least 7 days of continuous work. 3. Applications for work may be submitted either to the Gram Panchayat or to the Programme Officer. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is correct because adult members named in the job card are entitled to apply. Statement 2 is incorrect: the minimum continuous-work application period is 14 days, not 7 days. Statement 3 is correct because the Act permits submission to the Gram Panchayat or Programme Officer.
Q5Consider the following statements regarding rural employment guarantees under MGNREGA: 1. The annual guarantee is subject to a maximum of 100 days per household in a financial year. 2. Employment under MGNREGA must be provided within 30 days of application. 3. Every adult member of a registered household whose name appears in the job card is entitled to apply for unskilled manual work. 4. The guarantee is for skilled technical work, not unskilled manual work. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statement 1 is true because the guideline caps actual employment at 100 days per household in a financial year. Statement 2 is false: the official rule is 15 days, not 30 days. Statement 3 is true because every adult member named in the job card can apply for unskilled manual work. Statement 4 is false because the guarantee is tied to unskilled manual work, not skilled technical work.
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6Consider the following statements about wage payment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA: 1. Workers are entitled to be paid only once every quarter after closure of the muster roll. 2. Delay compensation is fixed at 5 percent of unpaid wages per day after the sixteenth day. 3. The wage component is entirely the responsibility of State Governments under Ne-FMS. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements regarding unemployment allowance under MGNREGA: 1. It becomes payable only if employment is not provided within 30 days of application. 2. The liability to pay unemployment allowance is of the State Government. 3. For the first 30 days, the allowance rate cannot be less than one-half of the wage rate. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements on technology and focused support components under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA: 1. ABPS disburses payments to MGNREGA workers using their 12-digit Aadhaar number as the financial address. 2. Under the ABPS description, MGNREGA wages are to be paid only in cash at the worksite. 3. The Cluster Facilitation Project started in FY 2020. 4. The Cluster Facilitation Project was designed primarily for metropolitan municipal wards rather than aspirational and backward regions. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements regarding job cards under MGNREGA: 1. A job card with photograph should be given free of cost. 2. Every household is entitled to a separate job card. 3. Implementing agencies may retain job cards for a month for routine updating. 4. A duplicate job card may be applied for if the original is lost or damaged. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements regarding DDU-GKY placement features: 1. DDU-GKY is described as a market-led, placement-linked training programme for rural youth. 2. The programme provides mandatory assured placement to 75% of trained candidates. 3. Under DDU-GKY, the minimum salary after a three-month training course is fixed at Rs 10,000 per month in all cases. Which of the statements given above are correct?
11Consider the following statements about DDU-GKY: 1. The Ministry of Rural Development revamped a placement-linked skill development programme as DDU-GKY on 25 September 2014. 2. DDU-GKY is a State-led scheme implemented in PPP mode. 3. DDU-GKY is primarily a crop-insurance programme for rural farmers. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements regarding DAY-NRLM and its livelihood components: 1. DAY-NRLM aims to organise rural poor women into institutions such as Self Help Groups, federations and producers' collectives. 2. The Mission was launched in 2011. 3. DDU-GKY is implemented under DAY-NRLM for skilling rural poor youth for self-employment and wage employment. 4. Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana focuses only on non-timber forest produce interventions. Which of the statements given above are correct?
131. DAY-NRLM is a flagship poverty-alleviation programme implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. 2. DAY-NRLM aims only at skilled wage employment and does not include gainful self-employment. 3. DAY-NRLM invests in four core components, including financial inclusion and sustainable livelihoods. 4. DAY-NRLM was launched in June 2014 by restructuring Swarnajayanti Grameen Swarojgar Yojana. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements about funding under MGNREGA: 1. The Central Government meets the cost of wages for unskilled manual work under the scheme. 2. The Central Government may meet up to three-fourths of the material cost, including wages of skilled and semi-skilled workers, subject to the Act. 3. The State Government meets all unskilled wage costs, while the Centre pays only unemployment allowance. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements about Mahatma Gandhi NREGA: 1. It aims to enhance livelihood security by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year. 2. The guarantee is for every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. 3. It provides guaranteed employment only to urban households registered with municipalities. Which of the statements given above are correct?