Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is a rights-based workfare public policy with the provisions of guaranteed employment. The scheme was launched in the year 2005 to provide the right to work to rural masses.The present paperdiscusses the impact of the scheme on income, employment, empowerment, nature conservation, asset creation, promoting gender equality, reducing distress migration, poverty, etc. by reviewing the studies undertaken in this area.The study suggests that good governance at the grassroots level is the key solution for the realization of the targeted benefits of the scheme. The study recommends that the right to work, ecology, infrastructure, health, sanitation, education, skill development, environmental sustainability, and enhancing institutional capacities are essential to achieve larger development goals through this programme. Implementation at the local level needs more attention for achieving the desired targets.

KEYWORDS: Right to Work, Employment, Labour, Agriculture, Ecology, Infrastructure.