Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

iAbout This Scheme

MGNREGS provides a legal guarantee of 100 days of unskilled manual work per financial year to any rural household whose adult members are willing to do so, at the notified wage rate. It is the world's largest workfare programme and serves as a crucial social safety net for rural poor.

🎁Key Benefits

• Legal right to 100 days of employment per household per year
• Wages paid as per state-specific Schedule of Rates (₹200-₹350+/day)
• Work must be provided within 15 days of application or unemployment allowance paid
• At least one-third of workers to be women
• Work within 5 km of residence; extra 10% wages if work is farther
• Asset creation: water conservation, roads, Anganwadis, playgrounds

✅Eligibility Criteria

• 1
  Any adult member (18+ years) of a rural household willing to do unskilled manual work
• 2
  Must be a resident of the Gram Panchayat
• 3
  MGNREGS job card required

📝How to Apply

❓Frequently Asked Questions