Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MGNREGA)

  • The aim of launching the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in 2006 was to ensure livelihood security and poverty reduction in the country.
  • There is a provision for providing at least 100 days of employment to a willing adult member of any rural household at statutory wages in a financial.
  • The work provided under this act are of manual and unskilled nature and are linked to agriculture and allied activities. The works like water conservation and water harvesting, watershed management, afforestation, land development etc., creating infrastructure and assets in rural areas are mostly undertaken.

Schemes/ CSA Technologies : Non-farm employment

More detail: https://nrega.nic.in/netnrega/home.aspx