Question

    Consider the following statements regarding MGNREGA :

    1) It is legislation enacted on August 25 2005 and provides a legal guarantee for 100days of employment 2) MRD, Govt of India is monitoring the entire implementation of this scheme in along with states/UTs 3) Employment will be provided within a radius of 5 km: if it is above 5 km extra wage will be paid. 4) CPI IW is used for wage calculationand 60:40 wage material ratio needs to be maintained 5) NMMS App has been launched to take real time attendance of workers at  MGNREGA worksites. 6) Area Officer Monitoring app has been launched to facilitate the officers to record their findings online Select the incorrect option:
    A 1 &2 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 3 &5 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 3 & 4 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 2,5 & 6 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 4 only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ·         National Mobile Monitoring Software (NMMS) app- For taking real-time attendance of workers at Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) worksites along with a geotagged photograph. It will increase citizen oversight of the programme besides potentially enabling processing payments faster. ·         Area Officer Monitoring App- Facilitates the Area-Officers to record their findings online along with time-stamped and go-coordinate tagged photographs f or all the schemes of the Deptt of Rural Development. ·         The Government allocated Rs. 73,000 crore for MGNREGS for 2021-22; an increase   of Rs. 11,500 crore as compared to the FY 2020-21. In the current financial year 2021-22 (as of 23.07.2021), 6.51 crore persons have   been provided employment, and more than 130.9 crore person-days have been   generated.

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