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Mention any two steps taken by the Government of India to achieve the goal of a Welfare State.
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Solution
The government of India provided 27 percent reservation in Central Government posts for persons belonging to the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (also referred to as Other Backward Classes or OBCs). Under Reservation in Admissions Act, 2007, OBCs are entitled to 27 percent reservation in Central Educational Institutions also.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005), Named after Mahatma Gandhi, required to provide 100 days of employment in a year to each rural household in the country. This scheme now covers all the 644 rural districts of the country. On average nearly five crore households were provided employment each year since 2008. In 2015 the daily wages varied from a minimum of 153 in Meghalaya to 236 in Haryana.
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