UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Workers hit as MGNREGS jobs dry up
Q1. Under the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, the term 'agricultural pause period' refers to which one of the following?
- A. A period of up to 60 days annually, announced by States, during which no works are undertaken so as to coincide with peak agricultural seasons
- B. The 15-day window within which a household must be provided work failing which an unemployment allowance becomes payable
- C. The interval during which wage rates are frozen pending the annual CPI-AL based revision
- D. A mandatory off-season break of 100 days for which no employment guarantee applies
Q2. Under the institutional architecture of the Viksit Bharat—G RAM G Act, 2025, which one of the following is the apex (highest) body constituted at the national level?
- A. National Level Steering Committee
- B. Central Employment Guarantee Council
- C. State Steering Committee
- D. District Programme Coordination Committee
Q3. The implementation of the Viksit Bharat—G RAM G Act, 2025 (which replaced the MGNREGA, 2005) is the responsibility of which one of the following nodal ministries?
- A. Ministry of Rural Development
- B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- C. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- D. Ministry of Labour and Employment
Q4. Under the Viksit Bharat—G RAM G Act, 2025, the guaranteed number of days of wage employment per rural household in a financial year is:
- A. 125 days
- B. 100 days
- C. 150 days
- D. 120 days