The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is a flagship Indian social welfare program that legally guarantees at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to rural households whose adult members volunteer to perform unskilled manual labor. Following labor would be covered under this scheme:

– Pond Excavation: Digging new farm ponds on public/community lands or on the private lands of eligible vulnerable households (such as SC/ST, BPL, or small/marginal farmers).
– Renovation & De-silting: Cleaning, restoring, and de-silting traditional community water bodies to make them suitable for fish farming.
– Common Infrastructure: Constructing public fish-drying yards, platforms, and community storage facilities