UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 80
Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" ?
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D
Explanation: MGNREGA guarantees on-demand unskilled wage employment to adult members of eligible rural households, irrespective of caste or poverty-line status.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - Coverage is not restricted to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe households.
B: Incorrect - BPL classification is not a condition of eligibility.
C: Incorrect - It is not confined to specified “backward communities.”
D: Correct - Correct among these options: members of any rural household willing to do the prescribed unskilled manual work may demand employment.
Review Note: The question’s “any household” must be read as any rural household meeting MGNREGA work-demand conditions, not any urban household.