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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completed how many years of operation in 2011?

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The scheme was launched on the ground on 2 February 2006, not on the date the Act was passed in 2005. Count from 2006.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • 3 years
  • 4 years
  • 5 years
  • 6 years
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Fix the two dates that matter.
Two dates get mixed up in this question, so separate them first.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act received assent in September 2005. That is the legal birth of the Act.
The scheme was rolled out on 2 February 2006 at Bandlapalli village, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. That is the start of operation.
The phrase in the question is "years of operation", so the 2006 date is the one to use.

Step 2: Count the anniversaries one by one.
2 February 2007: 1 year.
2 February 2008: 2 years.
2 February 2009: 3 years.
2 February 2010: 4 years.
2 February 2011: 5 years.
Counting them out like this avoids the off-by-one error that catches most students.

Step 3: Cross-check with the scheme's own timeline.
Phase 1 in 2006 covered 200 districts. Phase 2 in 2007-08 added 130 districts. Phase 3 from April 2008 took it nationwide.
The rename to MGNREGA came on 2 October 2009, that is, in its fourth year of running.
All of this lines up with a fifth anniversary falling in 2011.

Step 4: Rule out the rest.
"3 years" lands on 2009, the year of the rename, not the anniversary in question.
"4 years" lands on 2010.
"6 years" lands on 2012 and is what you get if you wrongly start the clock at the 2005 Act instead of the 2006 launch.

Final Answer:
From February 2006 to February 2011 is five years, so option (C) is right. \[ \boxed{5 \text{ years}} \]
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