Enact a National Employment Guarantee Act with a legal guarantee of 100 days of work a year
“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”
VAADA POORAKept
The verdict
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.
Rule applied: Kept with a small dilution → 9
“Promised 'immediately'; the Act arrived about 15 months after the swearing-in.”
Implied deadline (end of term): 22 May 2009Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
9/10
Evidence timeline
- Other4 Jun 2004· WikipediasupportsNational Advisory Council (India) ↗
“NAC set up 4 June 2004; it helped draft the RTI Act and MGNREGA.”
- Other2 Feb 2006· WikipediasupportsMahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 ↗
“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."”
More jobs promises from this manifesto
Set up a National Commission on enterprises in the unorganised sector
VAADA POORAKept10/10
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Promise ID upa-cmp-2004-001 · drafted 4 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON