Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India has been passed in the year 2005 in the Parliament, and it was enacted in 2006. The programme is self-targeted in nature and is designed to provide 100 days of employment to rural households and to serve as safety net. Its aim is to reduce rural poverty and vulnerability of rural women households for constituting economic growth. The study analyzes the life satisfaction of MGNREG women workers in Kerala and an analysis of life

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... faction which indicates the variables like, economic, social, individual and familial impact on MGNREG women workers. It also analyzes the problems faced by the women workers in Kerala. The study is based on actual beneficiaries i.e. the women workers who are actively participating in the scheme. The tool for analysis is used as SPSS. The study is based on primary data through interview schedule and group discussions in two gramapanchayats in Mathilakam Block in Thrissur District in Kerala State. Life satisfaction is defined as a person's feeling about their activities of their daily life, their responsibilities , the meaning of their life, the achievement of goals, having a positive ego, regarding a person themselves valuable, and keeping an optimistic attitude. Life satisfaction is affected by a person's role in their family, religion, and the frequency of meeting they have with their children living far away (Kim, 1996).