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Identify the correct statement regarding the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS):
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- 1From 2nd October 2010, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) was renamed as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS).
- 2In the first phase of implementation, 150 most backward districts were covered.
- 390 percent of the cost of employment provided under the scheme is borne by the Central Government.✓
- 4The draft proposed by the National Advisory Committee (NAC) envisaged a legal guarantee to every rural household for 120 days of casual manual work.
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90 percent of the cost of employment provided under the scheme is borne by the Central Government.
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