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Consider the following statements about MGNREGA implementation in Rajasthan: 1. It guarantees 100 days of wage employment per financial year to every rural household. 2. Rajasthan has been consistently one of the top states in MGNREGA person-days generated. 3. Social audit of MGNREGA works is mandatory and is conducted by Gram Sabhas. 4. If employment is not provided within 15 days of application, an unemployment allowance must be paid.

Correct answer: (C) All four statements are correct.

MGNREGA guarantees up to 100 days of wage employment per financial year to every eligible rural household, and Rajasthan has been among the leading states in person-days generated under the scheme.

  1. (A)

    1, 2 and 3 only

  2. (B)

    1 and 3 only

  3. (C)

    All four statements are correct

  4. (D)

    1, 3 and 4 only

Explanation

All four statements are correct. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides the legal frame: every covered rural household whose adult members seek unskilled manual work can receive up to 100 days of guaranteed employment in a financial year. It also creates a rights-based trigger: if work is not provided within 15 days of the application, unemployment allowance becomes payable. Accountability is built into the design because the Gram Sabha must conduct regular social audits of works taken up within the Gram Panchayat. Rajasthan-specific performance is not a stray claim; the Ministry of Rural Development's PIB annexure lists Rajasthan's person-days across 2019-20 to 2024-25, supporting its position among the high-volume MGNREGA states.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) It leaves out statement 4, although the Act provides unemployment allowance when employment is not given within 15 days of the application.
  • (B) It wrongly excludes Rajasthan's high person-days record and the statutory 15-day unemployment-allowance provision.
  • (D) It wrongly excludes statement 2, although the official person-days annexure lists Rajasthan among the major MGNREGA work-generating states.

Concept

This tests rights-based welfare legislation and state-level implementation of centrally sponsored schemes. RAS repeats MGNREGA because it links rural livelihoods, Panchayati Raj accountability and Rajasthan's administrative performance.

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