Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) refers to the world's largest welfare programme, run by the Government of India.  It is a job gurantee scheme for rural Indians. The ex-prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh started NREGA which was notified on sep. 7 2005 in Anantapur in A. P. The Act came into force on 2nd feb 2006, when 200 selected backward districts of the country were brought under its preview. It, was extended to additional 130 districts during 2007-08. In 1st April 2008 it was extended to all the district of India. It was renamed MNREGA in 2 October, 2009 NREGA 2005, later renamed as MNREGA 2009. NREGA or MNREGA by whatever name we call it, is an act or a scheme of the central government to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing atleast 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to every household whose adult members volunter to do unskilled of employment in a financial year. 1/3 of the jobs should go to the women folk. The main aim of this act is to enhance the purchasing power of rural people.

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Keywords: Government, MANREGA, Public, Women, Employment.