Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a rights based wage employment programme implemented in rural areas of the country.
• This programme aims at enhancing livelihood security by providing up to 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:
– Providing up to one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand;
– Resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability;
– Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor;
– Pro-actively ensuring social inclusion;
– Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.