Which of the following has been named world’s largest public work scheme?

Which of the following has been named world’s largest public work scheme?
[A]MGNREGA
[B]IRDP
[C]JSY
[D]IAY

MGNREGA
India’s rural employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), has been ranked as the world’s largest public works one, a World Bank report said. MGNREGA is providing social security net to almost 15 per cent of the country’s population. India’s mid-day meal scheme has been classified as biggest school feeding programme, benefitting 105 million beneficiaries. The World Bank ranked the Janani Suraksha Yojna with 78 million beneficiaries as the top-most social security programme with conditional cash transfers. Also, it ranked the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme as the second-largest unconditional cash transfer social security progamme in the world.


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