The core objectives of the Scheme shall be the following: — THE MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT, 2005

3. The core objectives of the Scheme shall be the following: Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as 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; Proactively ensuring social inclusion and Strengthening Panchayat raj institutions: Provided that the said objectives are applicable where the adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work subject to the conditions laid down by or under this Act and in the Scheme. 4. (1) The focus of the Scheme shall be on the following works as categorised below: I Category: A: PUBLIC WORKS RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - 2[(i) Rural sanitation related works, such as, individual household latrines, School toilet units, Anganwadi toilets either independently or in convergence with schemes of other Government Departments and unskilled wage component for construction of Community Sanitary Complexes in convergence with "Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) to achieve open defecation free' status, and solid and liquid waste management as per prescribed norms;] (ii) Watershed management works such as contour trenches, terracing, contour bunds, boulder checks, gabion structures and spring shed development resulting in a comprehensive treatment of a watershed;

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