Unemployment is a chronic problem in India, both in rural and urban areas. In India, the problem of unemployment has become very serious with around 9.9 percent of the labour force is unemployed (Government of India, 2013). To reduce unemployment problem not only through emphasising and particular pattern of resource allocation technology but through special unemployment schemes especially rural public works like MGNREGA as it is considered among the most powerful initiative undertaken for transformation of rural livelihoods in India. The present study is an attempt to analyse the operation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Arunachal Pradesh in general and East Siang district (Un divided) in particular. The work is primarily based on field study, an attempt was also made to examine and analyse the results of number of job-cards available among surveyed households, time gap between registration and the issue of job-card and time gap between issue of job card and getting a job in a surveyed household under MGNREGA. Besides, an attempt was also made to examine the socio-economic characteristics like educational status and annual income of the surveyed household. It captures the ground reality pertaining to issues of rural development through MGNREGA, so that the study will have policy implications and make growth as inclusive.