Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- A Legal Study

India is predominantly an agrarian country, 72% of India's population lives in villages. Hence it becomes important that a proportionate amount of attention and funds be spent for the betterment of the rural folk. But in spite of their being in majority, they have been lagging behind in the fields of education, civic amenities, medical facilities and economic well being. Rural development has always been an important issue in all discussions pertaining to economic development, especially of developing countries, throughout the world. MGNREGA aims to achieve the objective as enunciated in the Article 41 of the Indian Constitution “giving citizens the right to work”. NREGA has come after almost 56 years of experience of other rural employment programmes, which include both Centrally Sponsored Schemes and those launched by State Govt. Thus MGNREGA is not only a welfare initiative but also a development effort that can take the Indian economy to a new prosperity. This study book discussed MGNREGS and its implementation in the rural area, the scheme enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas of the country.