Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
The Correct Answer is Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. - MGNREGA was enacted in 2005 as the largest work guarantee program in the world.
- The primary objective was to guarantee 100 days of wage employment per year to rural households.
Right to Work and MGNAREGA - The MGNAREGA Act provides a legal right to employment for adult members of rural households.
- At least one-third of beneficiaries have to be women.
- Wages must be paid according to the wages specified for agricultural labourers in the state under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 unless the central government notifies a wage rate (this should not be less than Rs 60 per day).
- At present, wage rates are determined by the central government but vary across states, ranging from Rs 135 per day to Rs 214 per day.
Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission - Ayushman Bharat is National Health Protection Scheme that covers over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries).
- It provides coverage up to 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
- Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission has subsumed centrally sponsored schemes - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojna - Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for providing LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households.
- The Scheme provides financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households, interest-free loan to purchase stove and refill by Oil Marketing Companies.
Saubhagya Scheme - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 25th September 2017.
- Under Saubhagya free electricity connections to all households (both APL and poor families) in rural areas and poor families in urban areas are provided.
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