Step 1: What is MGNREGA? 
 The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is a social security scheme that aims to provide livelihood security by guaranteeing wage employment to rural households. 
 Step 2: Guarantee of employment 
 It guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every willing adult member of rural households who seeks unskilled manual work. 
 Step 3: Focus on rural households 
 MGNREGA specifically targets rural areas to alleviate poverty and create sustainable rural infrastructure. 
 Step 4: Significance 
 This act empowers rural populations by providing them work and income security.