Launch Year 2021 Special Focus:

North Eastern and

Andaman and
Centrally Nicobar Islands
Type
Sponsored

National Food Security Mission-

Mahatma
Subsume Gandhi National
Oil Palm programme Rural
Employment Generation Act/ Scheme
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•National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).

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•National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).

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•National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA).

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Monitoring

Ministry of Rural Development At National Level

• Monitors the entire implementation of scheme in association
with state governments

Programme
Officer At Intermediate Panchayat level
• Responsible for providing work within 15 days

Gram Sabha At village level

• Monitor execution of works at ground level
• Conduct of social audits
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Objective

To provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year

➢ In rural areas of country whose adult members volunteers to do unskilled manual work

Strengthening livelihood resource base of poor

Proactively ensuring social inclusion

Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions

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Types of works

Public Works Relating to Natural Resources Management

Individual Assets for Vulnerable Sections

Common Infrastructure for National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) Compliant Self-Help
Groups

Rural Infrastructure
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Applicant must be 18 years of Age and volunteer

Eligibilty for Unskilled work

Must be part of a local household of Gram

Sabha

Full cost of unskilled

Central Government labour and 75% of cost of
material
Funding
Pay unemployment
State Government allowance and 25% of the
material costs
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Key Features

10% extra wage in case of employment provided beyond 5 km of radius

In case employment is not provided within 15 days of submitting application or from date
when work is sought in case of advance application

Workers entitled to payment on weekly basis, and in any case within a fortnight of date on
which work was done

Workers entitled to receive delay compensation at a rate of 0.05% of unpaid wages per day
for duration of delay beyond 16th day

Medical treatment in case of injury in course of employment

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Key Features

Minimum 10 job seekers shall apply to sanction a new work under MGNREGA

At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women

Provision for additional 50 days of unskilled wage employment in a financial year in

drought/natural calamity notified rural areas

Unskilled wage component of 230 person days for construction of Community Sanitary
Complexes in convergence with Swachh Bharat Mission (G)

Social Audit by Gram Sabha

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Key Features

60:40 wage and material ratio have to be maintained for all works

➢ No contractors and machinery allowed

At least 50% of works allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution

Beneficiary paid through account based as well as Aadhaar Base Payment System (ABPS)
(does not get affected due to change of bank account)
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Key Features

Capturing of attendance with geo-tagged, two time-stamped photographs of workers in a

day through National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) App for all the works (except
individual beneficiary works) has been made mandatory from 1st January, 2023

➢ NMMS app has been modified to capture second photograph just after 4 hours of
uploading the attendance and first photograph

➢ Morning attendance along with the first photograph and second photograph can be captured
in offline mode and to be uploaded once the device comes into a network

➢ In case of exceptional circumstances due to which attendance could not be uploaded,

the District Programme Coordinator (DPC) has been authorized to upload the manual
attendance
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 Homework

In different media reports, a concern has been raised that the Union Budget’s allocation for the MGNREGA scheme
for 2023-24, is 18% lower than the budget estimates of 2022-23, this may affect the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA to
achieve its objectives.
Q.1) Which of the following statement/s is/are incorrect with respect to the above scheme?
1. It provides not less than 150 days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to
every person in rural areas as per demand.
2. At least one-third beneficiaries shall be women.
3. Ministry of Rural Development conducts social audit to ensure accountability.
[A] 1 and 2
[B] 1 and 3
[C] 2 and 3
[D] 1, 2 and 3
[E] None of the above
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Principles of Human Resource Management

Important MCQ
Q. Consider the following statement regarding the above
discussed scheme and select the correct ones?
a. Mission plans to increase oil palm cultivation to 1 million
hectares by 2025-26 and 1.7-1.8 million hectares by 2029-30.
b. Under the scheme, oil palm farmers will be provided financial
assistance and will get remuneration under a price and viability
formula.
c. It is a Central Sector Scheme with a special focus on the North
east region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
[1] a and b only
[2] b and c only
[3] a and c only
[4] a, b and c
[5] None of the above
Answer : [1] a and b only