Consider the following statements: 1. The state is legally mandated to provide up to 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every rural household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). 2. The Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS) primarily aims to track employment data for government schemes. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The state is legally mandated to provide up to 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every rural household under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
2.The Aadhaar-Based Payment System (ABPS) primarily aims to track employment data for government schemes.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 is correct. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) mandates the government to provide up to 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The primary goal of ABPS is to facilitate the direct disbursement of government benefits and subsidies to beneficiaries’ bank accounts, ensuring the money reaches the intended recipients. While ABPS might indirectly help track some data related to scheme participation, it’s not designed for comprehensive employment data tracking.

Source: The Hindu

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