Abstract: The Kayaka Bandhu Android application aims to streamline the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by digitizing and automating various processes involved in job demand registration and payment disbursement. MGNREGA, a pivotal social welfare scheme in rural India, guarantees 100 days of employment to adult members of rural households willing to undertake unskilled manual work. However, the implementation of this scheme has faced challenges such as corruption, delays in payment, and manual paperwork. To address these challenges, Job Ease provides a user-friendly platform for rural laborers and Rozgar Sewaks (employment assistants) to register job demands, manage work plans, and facilitate online payments. By leveraging mobile technology, the application aims to improve transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the execution of MGNREGA.

Keywords: MGNREGA, rural employment, women's empowerment, wage employment, decentralized democracy, Gram Panchayats, Gram Sabha.

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2024.11803