Which of the following is an Indian Labour Law and Social Security measure aimed at guaranteeing the "Right to work" ?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Option 2

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

Key Points

MGNREGA is one of the largest work guarantee programmes in the world which was launched in 2005.
The primary objective of the scheme is to guarantee 100 days of employment in every financial year.
Unlike earlier employment guarantee schemes, MGNREGA aims at addressing the causes of chronic poverty through a rights-based framework.

Additional Information

Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act :

Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is a Social Security Act passed by the Government of India.
It includes Social Security Schemes namely Provident Fund, Pension and Insurance to industrial employees.
Under this scheme, every employee is required to make a contribution towards the provident fund at the rate of 12% of the Basic Wages, Dearness Allowance and cash value of food concession.
Further, the employer also makes an equal amount of contribution as the employee towards the fund.

Indian Institute of Management Act :

Indian Institutes of Management Act came in 2017.
This law brings greater transparency and autonomy to the working of the IIMs.
The act declares 20 existing Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) as institutions of national importance and confers on them the power to grant degrees.
Each IIM will have an executive body i.e. Board of Governors, comprising up to 19 members.

Citizenship Act :

It is an Act to provide for the acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship.
The Citizenship Act, 1955 was amended 6 times in 1986, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2015 and 2019.
The purpose of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is to give Indian citizenship to illegal migrants of 6 communities i.e. Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Parsi, and Jain) belong to Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.