The correct answer is option 2. Explanation & Key Takeaways: MGNREGA Scheme for the State of Maharashtra: • The object of the scheme is to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas and ‘C’ class municipal areas of Maharashtra by providing guaranteed wage employment thought-out the year to every adult person who volunteers to do unskilled manual work. • The guarantee to provide work is restricted to unskilled manual work. • The fundamental objective of the scheme is that on completion of the works undertaken, some durable community assets will be generated and that the wages paid to the workers will be linked with the quantity of work done. • Under the MGNREGA, an average of 60 workdays of employment was generated in 2015-16 in Maharashtra, as against 100 days guaranteed in the rural employment Act. • Under the MGNREGA, an average of 49 workdays of employment was generated in 2015-16 at National Level. • The cost of generating one day of employment was Rs 242 in 2015-16 in Maharashtra. • The government of India is actively engaged with state governments in establishing systems that ensure the provision of work as per demand, transparency and accountability