What is the importance of NREGA act of 2005?

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is a law put into place in India that stipulates a minimum of one hundred days of paid work in rural areas, within five kilometers of the home of the workers. Adult members of the household must volunteer to do unskilled manual work. If work is not given within fifteen days of an applicants application, they are entitled to receive unemployment wages. Workers create wells, roads, and canals to increase rural living standards.

was initiated with the objective of "enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work".