This paper used a gender and development (GAD)approachandexploreshowM.G.NREGAisopeninganewwindowfortheeaseoflivelihoodforruralwomeninIndia.MGNREGAisthefirstrightbasedanddemanddrivenemploymentgeneratingactofthecountrywhichensuressome special provisions for rural women. The focus of the actistomainstreamtheruralwomenintothecontemporarydiscourseofeconomicdevelopment.MGNREGSistheoutcome of this act. This paper keeps an inner look about theexpectations from this scheme for the development of womenlivelihoodinruralareasandthechallengesingroundlevelimplementation.Theproblemaddressedinthispaperisthewomenworkissuesgeneratingwiththesuccessfulimplementation of the scheme. It is important to find out howthefullbenefitsoftheschemecanbeexplored.Thisexploration is needed for a large societal benefit and improvedrural livelihood. For entire study, a twofold approach is taken.Firstistheanalysisofavailableliteraturestounderstandthepossible outcomes ofthe scheme with current discourses ofeconomicdevelopment.Second,analysisofprimaryandsecondary data for revealing the characteristics of the problembasedongenderdynamicsoftheregion.Thisstudyrelatesfindingsfromthefieldsurveyof210samplesinthestateofWest Bengal, India. Intensive field study has identified severalpositiveoutcomeslikesavingoftimefordomesticworks,mainstreamingofwomenlabour,generationofincomeandlivelihoodsecurityforvillagewomen,reorganizationofwomen’s work etc with wide regional variations. The study hasidentifiedmajorchallengestogetthesebenefits.Theresultdrawn from the study is general and regionally applicable.