Women empowerment is the most important need of society if the society has to develop in all spheres of life rural women has to lead from the front. Empowerment of women is a complex process which needs to gain attention as early as possible, in this regard Government of India has made an Act Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act in 2005 to give the equal rights to the rural women to participate in this act and to gain sustainable livelihood for the procurement and upliftment of women society of India. It provides them the power to control, participates, holds accountable institutions and provides basic assets and capabilities for their upliftment. The act has a great impact on liberty and decision making the power of poor women. It provides them security and protected them from exploitation. They can work with their male partners and also they can look after their Children's as well during the work site. This act gave an opportunity to the women to become less dependent on male and get equal wages with respect to the men. A lot of women workers from the rural area started a small business by the amount they get from the MGNREGA which brought a great enlightenment in the lives of women. This paper will also highlight some issues at the end which need to be addressed to make this act more powerful and purposeful for the women society.