What is the Difference Between NREGA and MGNREGA?

Answer: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005 is what NREGA stands for in its entirety. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005 was amended on October 2, 2009, to change the nomenclature of the Act from NREGA to MGNREGA. This change came about as a result of the amendment.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was given a new name in section 1(1) of the bill, and the words “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” were added to the title.

Every rural household in India is eligible to receive at least one hundred days’ worth of employment at a guaranteed wage under the MGNREGA programme, provided that the adult members of the household volunteer to perform unskilled manual labour.