The MGNREGA was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), also known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) is Indian legislation enacted on August 25, 2005.
The Act's focus was to enhance livelihood stability in rural areas by ensuring that every household with adult members who volunteer to do unskilled manual labour receives at least 100 days of guaranteed pay employment in a fiscal year.
The Act was first notified in 200 districts on February 2nd, 2006, and then extended to an additional 130 districts in the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
With effect from April 1, 2008, the remaining districts have been notified under the MGNREGA.
