# Commission proposes a European Child Guarantee

Date: 2021

The [Mahatma Gandhi](/people/mahatma-gandhi) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (MGNREGA) was an Indian social welfare measure that aimed to guarantee the 'right to work'. This act was passed on 23 August 2005 and was implemented in February 2006 under the UPA government of Prime Minister [Manmohan Singh](/people/manmohan-singh) following the tabling of the bill in parliament by the Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. The bill was originally known as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).

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