Explanation
- A
MNREGA
(a) MNREGA. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, is India’s largest rural wage-employment programme, a demand-driven 100-day legal guarantee. That stored scheme is the official key.
- B
TRYSEM
(b) TRYSEM. Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment (1979) was a smaller skill window under IRDP, not the largest employment programme.
- C
Work for food
(c) Work for food. Food-for-work is an older relief mode, later folded into other schemes, not the largest standing rural job law.
- D
Skill Development Programme
(d) Skill Development Programme. Skill missions are training umbrellas, not the largest rural employment guarantee.
Summary. Official key is (a) MNREGA. Among the four, MGNREGA is the largest rural employment programme. TRYSEM, food-for-work and skill missions are smaller or different instruments. Neighbouring facts are 100 days, adult household member, and the 2005 Act. Honour MNREGA for this paper.
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