Section 3. The Gram Panchayat shall send such list or lists of the names and addresses of households and their

33. The Gram Panchayat shall send such list or lists of the names and addresses of households and their adult members registered with it and supply such other information to the concerned Programme Officer at such periods and in such form as may be specified in the Scheme. 3. 2nd February, 2006, vide Notification No. S.O. 87(E), dated 24th January, 2006, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II sec.3(ii). *. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh. (i) "National Fund" means the National Employment Guarantee Fund established under sub-section (1) of section 20; (j) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (k) "preferred work" means any work which is taken up for implementation on a priority basis under a Scheme; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "Programme Officer" means an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 15 for implementing the Scheme; (n) "project" means any work taken up under a Scheme for the purpose of providing employment to the applicants; (o) "rural area" means any area in a State except those areas covered by any urban local body or a Cantonment Board established or constituted under any law for the time being in force; (p) "Scheme" means a Scheme notified by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section4; (q) "State Council" means the State Employment Guarantee Council constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12; (r) "unskilled manual work" means any physical work which any adult person is capable of doing without any skill or special training; (s) "wage rate" means the wage rate referred to in section 6. 3. The core objectives of the Scheme shall be the following: (a) Providing not less than one hundred days of unskilled manual work as a guaranteed employment in a financial year to every household in rural areas as per demand, resulting in creation of productive assets of prescribed quality and durability; (b) Strengthening the livelihood resource base of the poor; (c) Proactively ensuring social inclusion and (d) Strengthening Panchayat raj institutions: Provided that the said objectives are applicable where the adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work subject to the conditions laid down by or under this Act and in the Scheme. 3. The job card issued shall be valid for at least five years after which, it may be renewed after due verification.