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Previous employment guarantee schemes (EGS) like Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)
Programme and National Food For Work Programme (NFFWP) were merged with MGNREGA to make it
more effective.
The Act sets a minimum limit to the wages, to be paid with gender equality. The states are required to
evolve a set of norms for the measurement of works and schedule of rates. The unemployment allowance
must be paid if the work is not provided within the statutory limit of 15 days.
Criticism:
Activists say that the outlay for the scheme has remained nearly constant for the past three years, which,
adjusting for inflation, amounts to a decrease.
The release of funds to the States is being delayed and the amounts have been capped. As a result, there
has been a 16 per cent decline in employment from the 2013-14 figure.
Compared with 147 lakh person days generated in December 2013, only 123 lakh person days were
generated in December 2014, with the decline sharper in poor States such as Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Till December 2014 in the financial year 2014-15, 72 per cent of the total wages disbursed were delayed.
And delays in wage payments have actually increased over time.
However, Evidence from independent research studies have shown that the MGNREGA has successfully curbed
distress migration, had large effects on consumption and poverty of Dalit and Adivasi households, increased
nutritional standards of households, provided risk resilience to small and marginal farmers and vastly expanded
the financial inclusion net in the country.
Sources: The Hindu, NREGA, Wiki.
75% rural and 50% of the urban population are entitled for three years from enactment to five kg food
grains per month at 3 Rupees , 2 Rupees, 1 Rupee per kg for rice, wheat and coarse grains (millet),
respectively.
The states are responsible for determining eligibility.
Pregnant women and lactating mothers are entitled to a nutritious take home ration of 600 Calories and a
maternity benefit of at least Rs 6,000 for six months.
Children 6 to 14 years of age are to receive free hot meals or take home rations.
The central government will provide funds to states in case of short supplies of food grains.
The state government will provide a food security allowance to the beneficiaries in case of non-supply of
food grains.
The Public Distribution System is to be reformed.
The eldest woman in the household, 18 years or above, is the head of the household for the issuance of
the ration card.
There will be state- and district-level redress mechanisms and State Food Commissions will be formed for
implementation and monitoring of the provisions of the Act.
The poorest who are covered under the Antodaya yojana will remain entitled to the 35 kg of grains allotted
to them under the mentioned scheme.
The cost of the implementation is estimated to be $22 billion(1.25 lac crore), approximately 1.5% of GDP.
Sources: The Hindu, Wiki, NFSA, PIB.
The conclave is proposing to make the High Courts financially independent and further increase the
salaries, emoluments and post-retirement benefits for High Court Chief Justices and judges.
The judiciarys code of conduct:
The judiciarys code of conduct was adopted 18 years ago, in May 1997 in a Full Court Meeting of the
Supreme Court. This document, the Restatement of Values of Judicial Life, serves as a guide to be
observed by judges in the impartial administration of justice.
This code was the outcome of a resolution passed in Chief Justices Conference held in September 1992.
The cardinal rule of the 1997 document is that justice must not merely be done but it must also be seen as
done. Its first tenet being that the behaviour and conduct of members of the higher judiciary must reaffirm
the peoples faith in the impartiality of the judiciary.
Sources: The Hindu, ET.
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1. Answered
2. Review
1. Question 1 of 4
1. Question
Consider the following statements with reference to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act:
1. The Act provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every
household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
2. Employment under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is a guaranteed legal right.
3. Under the Act, BPL card holders can avail interest free loans up to 4 lakhs/ annum from scheduled
commercial banks.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
Correct
Answer: c
Incorrect
Answer: c
2. Question 2 of 4
2. Question
Consider the following statements with reference to the National Food Security Act:
1. Under the Act, Children between 6 to 14 years of age will receive free hot meals or take home
rations.
2. Under the Act, the central government will provide funds to states in case of short supplies of food
grains.
3. Under the Act, the state government will provide a food security allowance to the beneficiaries in
case of non-supply of food grains.
4. According to this Act, the poorest who are covered under the Antodaya yojana will remain entitled to
the 35 kg of grains allotted to them under the Antodya yojana.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
Correct
Answer: d
Incorrect
Answer: d
3. Question 3 of 4
3. Question
Which of the following are correctly matched?
1. Jammu and Kashmir: Dal Lake
2. Kerala: Ashtamudi Lake
3. Manipur: Loktak Lake
4. Odisha: Chilka Lake
Choose the correct answer using the codes below:
Correct
Answer: d
Incorrect
Answer: d
4. Question 4 of 4
4. Question
Consider the following statements:
1. There is no specific provision in the constitution for appointing the Chief Justice of India.
2. Article 124(4) of Constitution of India lays down the procedure for removal of a Judge of Supreme
Court which is applicable to Chief Justice as well.
3. Once appointed, the Chief Justice remains in office for a period of 5 years or until the age of 65
years whichever is earlier.
Which of the above statements is/are true?
Correct
Answer: d
Incorrect
Answer: d