{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T09:25:49.907Z","data":{"id":"upa-cmp-2004-001","text":"Enact a National Employment Guarantee Act with a legal guarantee of 100 days of work a year","quote":"The UPA government will immediately enact a National Employment Guarantee Act. This will provide a legal guarantee for at least 100 days of employment to begin with on asset-creating public works programmes every year at minimum wages","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":3,"sector":"jobs","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2009-05-22","deadlineType":"implied","status":"kept","rating":9,"ratingRule":"kept_small_dilution","provisional":false,"confidence":"medium","reason":"NREGA was passed in August 2005 and commenced on 2 February 2006, extended to all districts from 1 April 2008. The legal guarantee covers rural households only; the CMP also named urban poor and lower middle-class households.","evidence":[{"date":"2006-02-02","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_National_Rural_Employment_Guarantee_Act,_2005","quote":"Passed Aug 2005, assented 5 Sep 2005, commenced 2 Feb 2006; \"NREGA was scoped up to cover all the districts of India from 1 April 2008.\"","stance":"supports"},{"date":"2004-06-04","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"National Advisory Council (India)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Advisory_Council_(India)","quote":"NAC set up 4 June 2004; it helped draft the RTI Act and MGNREGA.","stance":"supports"}],"tags":["nrega","employment"],"sensitive":false,"memeLine":"Promised 'immediately'; the Act arrived about 15 months after the swearing-in.","review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-04","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"upa-cmp-2004","partyId":"upa","electionId":"ls-2004"}}