This article is based on the findings of a study on evaluation of the NREGA scheme, intended to assess the impact of this scheme on the overall quality of life of its beneficiaries by gauging different parameters associated with the improvement of overall quality of life of people such as impact on income – earning levels of each household, expenditure on food and non-food items, expenditure on education, household and cultivable assets creation by the beneficiaries, impact on social life, recreational activities and impact on distress out migration. This study also captured the views and feed-back of the beneficiaries on various faucets of implementation of the scheme at grass root level right from the stage of issue of job cards till the payment of wages, social audit etc. 

Key words: NREGA; Quality of life; Migration; Impact.