The core objectives of the MGNREGS are:
(a) Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability;
(b) Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor;
(c) Proactively ensuring social inclusion and
(d) Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.