MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (MGNREGA)

MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT (MGNREGA)


 MGNREGA is a rights based wage employment programme implemented in rural areas of the country.
 This programme aims at enhancing livelihood security by providing upto one hundred days of
guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do
unskilled manual work.
 Objectives of the Scheme are:
 creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability;
 strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor;
 pro-actively ensuring social inclusion; and
 strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.