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Q26 (NDA-I/2012) Polity & Governance › Governance, Policies & Social Justice › Social welfare programmes Answer Verified

Schemes run under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act are sponsored

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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) where the funding responsibility is shared between the Central and State Governments [3]. Specifically, the Central Government bears 100% of the cost for unskilled manual labor and 75% of the material costs, including wages for skilled and semi-skilled workers [4]. The remaining 25% of the material costs and the expenses for unemployment allowances (if the state fails to provide work within 15 days) are borne by the respective State Governments [5]. While the Central Government sets the National Employment Guarantee Fund, states must establish State Employment Guarantee Funds for their matching contributions. Although Panchayats are the primary implementing agencies and are allotted at least 50% of the works, they do not act as primary financial sponsors of the scheme [4].

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  1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schemes_of_the_government_of_India
  2. [2] https://www.tnrd.tn.gov.in/schemes/cen_nrega_13.html
  3. [3] https://ribhoi.gov.in/scheme-category/centrally-sponsored-schemes/
  4. [4] https://megsres.nic.in/objective-nrega
  5. [5] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lr980vvjpo
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