The Anti-Poverty and Equity approaches are important strategies within gender mainstreaming that aim to address gender inequalities by improving the socio-economic conditions and ensuring equal opportunities for all sections of society. These approaches recognize that poverty and discrimination affect women and marginalized groups disproportionately and therefore require targeted interventions through government policies, programmes, and schemes. The Anti-Poverty approach focuses on reducing poverty among women by increasing their access to income-generating opportunities, employment, education, healthcare, and basic resources. This approach emerged from the understanding that women’s poverty is not only a result of low income but also due to unequal access to productive assets, decision-making power, and social opportunities. By empowering women economically, this approach seeks to enhance their independence and improve their quality of life. The Government of India has implemented several programmes based on the Anti-Poverty approach. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is one of the major initiatives that provides wage employment to rural households. It promotes gender