RAS question
Under MGNREGS in 2023-24 in Rajasthan, how many lakh households were provided employment?
Correct answer: (A) 63.85 lakh.
Under MGNREGS in Rajasthan in 2023-24, employment was provided to 63.85 lakh households.
Explanation
The figure asked in the question is the number of households that received employment under MGNREGS in Rajasthan during 2023-24. The Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review 2024-25 states that, in that year, expenditure of Rs 9,293.31 crore was incurred and 3,571.92 lakh man-days were generated to provide employment to 63.85 lakh households. It also records that 5.09 lakh households completed 100 days of employment. These linked figures matter because MGNREGS is measured not only by spending, but by household coverage and person-days of work generated; the household coverage figure is therefore 63.85 lakh, not a rounded or approximate alternative.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 45 lakh understates the officially reported 2023-24 household coverage of 63.85 lakh under MGNREGS in Rajasthan.
- (C) 75 lakh is higher than the Economic Review's reported figure of 63.85 lakh households provided employment in 2023-24.
- (D) 50 lakh is below the recorded 63.85 lakh households and does not match the associated 3,571.92 lakh man-days figure for 2023-24.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan economy and welfare-scheme performance indicators, especially how MGNREGS outcomes are reported through household coverage, man-days and expenditure. Such figures recur in RAS because state economic reviews are a standard source for scheme-wise current statistics.